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THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD. $1.00 Per Year in Advance. Columbia News. Pay your subscription to this paper. Mrs. Mattie Renicker left for Kansas City Saturday. Mrs. Lizzie Richardson who has been ill for several days is slowly improving. Mr. D. W. Pazaar left Sunday for Kansas City to accept a position as pullman porter. Married—Short—Estes. At the residence of the bride Wednesday evening March 25th, 1903, Mr. Green Short of Jefferson City, and Miss Bell Estes of Columbia, Rev. P. C. Crews officiating. An elegant supper was served after the ceremony; only the relatives and a few intimate friends of the contracting parties were present. Died—Taylor.—Monday morning, from blood clot on the brain, Mahala Taylor, wife of Joe Taylor. She was ill only a few hours and her death was quite unexpected. She was a faithful member of the Second Baptist church and had been for a number of years. The funeral services were held at said church, Tuesday afternoon and the remains were laid to rest in the Columbia cemetery. Lincoln Institute Notes. older Caldwell of Lexington, ), recently spent some time at Lincoln Institute and in a highly interesting talk delighted "the boys" with his ideas on "athletic sports." The sermon on Sunday afternoon, February 22, was appropriately and efficiently delivered by Chaplain Russel of the Missouri House of Representatives. "The Jefferson City Commercial Club" paid the Institute "Boys' Glee Club" the compliment of inviting it to sing at a recent banquet of the club and in return for this vice richly remunerated the A most excellent proof of the practical character of the Department of Domestic Science in Lincoln Institute—(Department Head Miss M. E. Grimshaw) is to be found in the number of young women who having taken the course in dressmaking, find themselves in possession of a lucrative trade, and able to start a dressmaking establishment. The latest venture along this line is that of Misses Cohen and Floyd of St. Louis, two Lincoln Institute graduates. We wish and bespeak for these young ladies success in their undertaking, and hope others will follow their example; a source of gratification to learn of the Negro in business enterprises. The following "Echoes of the concert" recently held at the Capitol speak for themselves. Jefferson City Republican.—The concert given by the students of Lincoln Institute at the Capitol Friday night was a success beyond expectation of those present to enjoy the occasion. In both the musical and literary features of the program there was a display of rare talent and each number was greeted with rounds of applause. The piano solos were well received and the orations reflected much credit on the literary department of the school and strengthened the faith of our people in the noble work being accomplished by the President and faculty of Lincoln Institute. Cole County Democrat. The concert was exceptionally good and reflects much credit on the officers, teachers, and students of the institution. Jefferson City State Tribune. The musical and literary program presented by the students of Lincoln Institute in the House of Representatives last night was attended by a large crowd. The concert was excellent in every respect. CASH OR CREDIT. Catalogue FREE. DENTURY MF'Q CO. COLUMBIA AND JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, FRIDAY MAR. 6, 1903. MURDER IN MOBERLY. Odie Coates Killed by Barbara Brown. Moberly had a cold blooded murder last Sunday morning when Odie Coates was shot and killed by Barbara Brown, wife of Hade Brown, who conducts a restaurant and gambling dive on West Coates street in Moberly. Coates was about 30 years of age, and the nephew of Hade Brown, husband of the woman who shot him. The report is that Coates was under the influence of liquor and entered the restaurant where the Brown woman was and engaged in a dispute with her and was finally ordered by her to leave the house, but insisted on remaining when the woman drew a 38 revolver. Coates seeing the revolver fled from the restaurant when the woman firing a shot which struck Coates in the back who ran north on 5th St. and fell dead near the Second Baptist church. No inquest was held as there were witnesses to the affair and the woman who was promptly arrested, admitted to doing the shooting. A preliminary trial was held Monday morning and the case was postponed to next Monday. The murdered man was reared in Moberly and had lived there most of his life and his slayer who was formerly Barbara Dameron was reared in Huntsville, where she is now in jail and has a reputation, which is by no means a good one, having been known to use the revolver and knife with deadly effect before. An indictment for murder in the second degree is expected and a long term sentence in the penitentiary. Capital City News. Mrs. S.M. Wiseman is still very sick. Rev. Cave left last week for Lexington. Mrs. Henry Bolton is still in poor health. Mr. Thomas Tramel has advertised for a wife. Work on the new R. R. to this City will soon begin. Prof. E. L. Anthony visited his family here last week. Order the Professional World, it is only $1.00 per year. Examinations are being held at Lincoln Institute this week. It is reported that a wedding will soon take place in this city. Jefferson City will experience a great building boom when spring opens up. Mrs. Siddles, mother of Mrs. George W. Dupee, has been ill for several months. Mrs. J. H. Garnett conducted the Bible reading at Lincoln Institute last Sunday evening. The grocery store of W. W. Edwards was partially destroyed by fire last Saturday. Loss $500. New Bloomfield Notes. Mr. Dixon Logan is on the sick list. Mr. George Hart who has been in Chicago returned home last week. Messrs. Joe and Timothy Murray left Friday for Jefferson county to resume work on the railroad. Died—Logan. Monday evening, March 3rd, at the residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Logan, New Bloomfield, Ida Logan, aged 8 years, of lung trouble. Burial at the New Bloomfield cemetery, Wednesday, March 4th. To Subscribers. When your subscription expires and you receive a notice to that effect and do not respond, your paper will at once be discontinued. PRICE $33.50 It will pay you to send for our Catalogue No. 6, quoting prices on Buggies, Harness, etc. We sell direct from our Factory to Consumers at Factory Prices. This guaranteed Buggy only $33.50; Cash or Easy Monthly Payments. We trust honest people located in all parts of the world. Write for Free Catalogue. MENTION THIS PAPER. DEP'T 910. East St. Louis, IL. ```markdown ``` Schools and Teachers. Plans are being drawn for the new social and religious building that John D. Rockefeller will give to Brown University. Miss Ada H. Wellington has tendered her resignation as a teacher in Cambridge, Mass., after a service of forty-four years. Prof. F. Louis Soldan will give two courses in education at the summer session of Columbia University in New York city. Miss Parthenia Brossius of Jefferson City, is one of the teachers in Lovejoy College, which has been recently established at Kirksville, Mo. The indications are that the present legislature will appropriate $54,350 for the support and maintenance of Lincoln Institute at Jefferson City. The state University is to be called "the University of Missouri" instead of the "University of the state of Missouri," as formerly. The change will necessitate considerable inconvenience to those who have always known it as the "M. S. U." Even the college yell will have to be changed to suit the new condition of things. J. Sumner Smith, for many years assistant librarian at Yale University, who died recently, is said to have given more in proportion to his means than any other graduate of the University. He had given more than $11,000 to the Slavonic and musical collections of the library, almost his whole salary. He was a graduate of the class of '53. The students at Michigan University are making an effort to discover a cure for typhoid fever. Six big tanks containing layers of gelatine have been constructed and in these 144 square feet of the fever germs are grown at a time. The living germs are killed, scraped off and bottled up. The object is to extract the poison from the germs, feed animals with it and try to discover the antidote. Huntsville Notes. Rev. G. C. Chinn spent Sunday in Salisbury. The Professional World only $1.00 per year. Prin. R. L. Logan spent Saturday in Moberly. Mr. Louis Rout sold 14 head of stock hogs last week for eight cents per pound. Mrs. Susie Robinson and her mother, Mrs. L. Rout, entertained the A. M. E. sewing circle Monday afternoon. Mr. R.S. Finney received a telegram Friday evening, announcing the death of his brother-in-law, Mr. David Patrick of Omaha. WILL MAKE BINDER TWINE. The House Monday passed a bill by Senator Biggs, establishing a twine plant in the state penitentiary for the manufacture of twine to be sold to the farmers at exact cost of manufacture. The bill appropriates $35,000 for the establishment of the plant and $125,000 for a revolving fund with which to purchase the raw material for the manufacture of the twine. Capture of Union Bank Robbers. Capture of Union Bank Robbers. "Bill" Rudolph, alias "The Missouri Kid," and George Collins, alias "Fred Lewis," alias "Black Frank," known familiarly throughout the Middle West as "The Union Bank Robbers," were captured at Hartford, Conn., Sunday, after a desperate struggle. When searched $8,685 was recovered. On Dec. 27, they robbed the bank at Union, Mo., the safe and vault were blown open and while one of the burglar's secured the money the other stood on the street with revolvers and prevented citizens from interfering. About $14,000 in money and $100,000 in securities was stolen. Notice. Rev. J. B. Parsons of the Second Christian church is on the sick list at present and will not be able to meet his congregation until the 4th Sunday in this month. Curious Facts. The first matches were made in 1746. The Chinese invented paper 170 B. C. Sound moves about 743 miles an hour. There are at least 10,000,000 nerve-fibers in the human body. The greatest depth to which a ship has been anchored is 2,000 fathoms, considerably more than two miles. In Egypt incubators, much of the same pattern as those now in use, were used four thousand years ago. At the time of the Revolution all farm laborers wore leathern aprons, similar to those now worn by blacksmiths. Five hundred thousand cubic feet of cedar wood is used each year by the lead pencil manufacturers of the United States. The thickness of human hair varies from the twenty-fifth to the six hundredth part of an inch; blonde hair is the finest, and the red the coarsest. Drop a few small nails in the bottom of the ink-bottle. The acid in the ink will then exhaust itself upon the nails, and pens will not corrode. Among the farmers of Cuba and Porto Rico the wooden plough formed of a natural crooked stick found in the woods is still in common use. In Porto Rico in 1898, with one million population, there was not a single power mill for grinding grain. The work was all done in hand mills. Experiments now show that during profound sleep a noise not sufficient to awaken the sleeper produces a perceptible rise in the temperature of the brain. Sixty years ago the tomato was cultivated as an ornamental plant, under the name of "love apple." The fruit was then thought to be poisonous. Coffee was introduced from Arabia and tea from China. Sugar came from the East Indies. Four hundred years ago our ancestors used neither tea, coffee or sugar. Husband Should Pay Wife's Funeral Expenses. Macon, Mo., February 24. When Morgan Williams of LaPlata presented claims for doctors' services and funeral expenses against his deceased wife's estate in the probate court to-day, and recommended their allowance, Captain Ben Eli Guthrie, representative of the dead woman's relatives, protested on the ground that the husband was the proper party to liquidate obligations, and said that if the administrator—Mr. Williams allowed them out of his wife's estate he would sue him on his bond. "If a man isn't able to bury a woman he shouldn't marry her," aid Captain Guthrie, in his argument before Probate Judge C. G. Buster. "The law says the husband shall provide for his wife food and raiment, pay her doctor bills and furnish funeral expenses when she dies. That is the contract he assumed when he married her. He has got to pay for the coffin to put her in, hire a man to dig the grave and put a nice tombstone at the head of it if he is a good husband, and if he attempts to allow one of these claims out of her estate we will sue him on his bond." Mrs. Williams died the early part of the winter. Some time previous, as a business move Mr. Williams put his property in his wife's name. He said the estate was really his and that is why he recommended the allowance of the claims out of it. The protesting heirs claim the property belonged to the dead woman. The bills amount to several hundred dollars. Owing to the peculiar complications in the case the probate judge asked for further time to consider it. Williams was at one time a wealthy and influential business man of La Plata. DOES NOT ASK WIVES OBEY. A Missouri Judge Refuses to Include Question in Ceremonies. Macon, Mo., Feb. 28.—In his first marriage ceremony Judge N. M. Shelton of the second judicial circuit called the attention of the bride to the fact that he had not obligated her to obey her husband. "I noticed that you didn't," said the young woman, "and I think it real nice of you. I don't think there ought to be any boss" in a matter like this." The young benedict was so happy in hearing her say "yes" that he didn't care what was done about the other words in the ceremony. Judge Shelton gave his reasons thus for disregarding the pledge of obedience in the marriage ceremony: "If a man is worthy a woman's love and obedience she accords them to him instinctively. If he is a brute to her he forfeits all claim to her loyalty and affection in justice, and should in law. This pledge of obedience till death do part is pretty serious. Suppose he gets drunk and beats her? Would anyone say she should get down on her knees and let him order her around? My experience is that the average woman is far better than the average man, and that most of the time she gets the worst of it when she marries him. To be real candid about it, I often wonder that such a nice woman as Mrs. Shelton married me. But she did it—God bless her—and it is about the only thing I ever questioned her judgment about. Seriously, the obey pledge is useless. Husband and wife is a partnership concern, lasting for all time. Their interests are mutual. If the marriage is congenial obedience to each other's wishes follows as a matter of course. If they are mismated, no law can make them love and obey." Gatling Gun Inventor Dead. Richard Jordan Gatling, inventor of the Gatling gun, died at the home of his son-in-law, Hugh O. Pentecost, in New York on Feb. 26, '03. Mr. Gatling, the inventor of the famous gun, resided at Hartford, Conn., and was 85 years old. He was born in North Carolina, and while a boy assisted his father in perfecting a machine for sowing corn seed and another for turning out cotton plants, and subsequently invented one for sowing rice. He was anticipated by Ericson in the discovery of a screw propulsion, but his ingenuity was successfully rshown in devising a machine for sowing wheat in drills. This was in 1844. Three years later he took up the study of medicine in Connecticut, but subsequently removed to Indianapolis, where he engaged in railroad enterprises and real estate speculations. 1850 he invented a double acting hempweaver, and in 1861 produced his masterpiece, a mitrailleuse or repeating machine gun. At his first trial the Gatling gun fired 200 shots a minute, but he has gone on elaborating it ever since, until now it fires something like thousands of shots in the same space of time. Never Rode on a Train. Pilot Grove, Mo., Feb. 25. Mrs. Martha T. Day, 80 years old, one of the earliest settlers of Cooper county, died here yesterday. She was born in Kentucky in 1823, but never rode on a railroad train. She came to this county by boat and wagon. Her husband, 86 years old, and two sons survive her. A Request. We will consider it a great favor if our readers will patronize the merchants whose advertisements they see in this paper. VOL. II. NO. 18 March Weather in Columbia. The following data for the month of March have been compiled from the records of the local office of the U. S. Weather Bureau and cover the period from 1890 to 1902, in inclusive. The mean or normal temperature of March is 41 degrees. The warmest March was that of 1894, with an average of 50 degrees, and the coldest, that of 1890, with an average of 37 degrees. The highest temperature recorded during any March was 85 degrees, on the 27th, 1895, and the lowest, 6 degrees below zero, on the 1st, 1890. The average number of days with minimum temperature below 32 degrees is 17. The average date of the last killing frost in spring is April 13th. The average precipitation for March $ ^{1} $rain and melted snow is .01 inches, and the average number of days with .01 of an inch or more, 11. The $ ^{2} $greatest March precipitation was 5. inches, in 1897, and the least, 1.13 inches, in 1896. The greatest amount of precipitation recorded in any 24 consecutive hours was 1.91 inches, on the 30-31st, 1895. The average snowfall for March is 3.7 inches. The greatest March snowfall was 10.3 inches, in 1895, 6.0 inches falling on the 19-20th. The average number of clear days is 8; partly cloudy days, 8, and cloudy days, 15. The prevailing winds have been from the northwest. The highest velocity of the wind was 51 miles per hour, from the southwest, on the 11th, 1899. A. E. Hackett, Agents Wanted. We desire to engage some good agents to solicit subscriptions for the Professional World. Liberal commissions will be paid and only one agent will be engaged for the same town, only persons of good standing need apply. Address, Professional World, Columbia, Mo. Celebrates 95 Birthday. Clinton, Mo., March 2.—Today was the ninety-fifth birthday of Mrs. Ann Marion Clinton, who was born on March 2, 1808, the year and the day that the first number of the St. Louis Republic was issued. Mrs. Marion is the widow of "Parson" L. C. Marion, Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1862-63. She has been confined to her bed for some months by the infirmities incident to old age, but her mind is as active and bright as ever. WABASH CHEAP EXCURSIONS ONE WAY RATES WABASH ROUTE. February 15th to April 30th, inclusive, to Points in California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and intermediate. THROUGH TOURIST CARS For full information in regard to rates, time of trains, etc., apply to nearest ticket agent or address H. E. WATTS, P. & T. A., Moberly, Mo. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is rare or patented. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A bandlessly illustrated weekly. Large, clear, explanation of rare scientific journal. Commencement treat. 9 months, 11. Sold by all newsadvertisers. MUNN & Co. 361 Broadway, New York Branch Office, 66 F. St. Washington, D.C. GENERAL NEWS BY WIRE. Matters of Interest Covering Various Parts of the World and Put in Concise Form. The extremely cold weather is restricting the output of coal in the anthracite region. Rube Smith of Denver knocked out Jack O'Keefe, the "Boston Kid," in the 15th round at Pueblo, Col. The canal option has been extended till the treaty is ratified. It may take an extra session to do the work. D. Bester, cashier of the Lone Tree Savings bank, shot and killed himself. No cause is known for his rash act. The bishop of Southampton, the Rev. Hon. Arthur Temple Lyttelton, died at Petersfield, Hampshire. He was born in 1852. John D. Rockefeller has started on his long contemplated trip through the South to Mexico and southern California. Emperor William has appointed Herr Von Waldow, governor of Koenigsberg, to the governorship of the province of Posen. The canals of Venice at ebb tide have practically run dry during the past two days; gondolas being left stranded in the mud. Charles A. Cairns has been appointed general passenger ticket agent of the Chicago & Northwestern, effective March 1. Contractors were invited by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company to submit bids for the first section of the subway. The pope received diplomats who congratulated him on his jubilee. The pope is suffering from a slight cold and hoarseness. Robbers last night blew the postoffice safe in Garret Ind., and carried away $1,000 in cash and $300 in stamps. The robbers escaped. The Central Federated Labor union has decided to assist the Retail Cigar Dealers' association in its fight against the tobacco trust. Bird dealers will petition congress to amend the Lacey law, which prohibits the capture of song birds, alleging that it is ruining them. Benjamin L. Goodwin, aged 70, a wealthy farmer of Lexington Ky., walked into a saloon and shot himself dead. No cause is known. As a result of a fire at Pultovtsal, Russia, in the government of Podolia, 11 persons have lost their lives and 200 houses have been destroyed. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul has brought the Wisconsin Western railway nown as the Kickapoo Valley road, which is 51 miles long. The Mohammedans think Europe is using the Macedonian question as a subterfuge and that the Powers are really moving against Islam. The Venezuelan imbroglio settlement is generally declared by Vienna newspapers to be a complete American victory for the Monroe doctrine. The steamer City of Clifton, owned by the St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet company and valued at $40,000, was burned at Clifton early today. Chevalier Karl Scherzer, the well known traveler, is dead at Gorita, Austria. He was the author of several books of travels in the United States. The historic London tavern in the Strand, known as Simpson's, where the roasts were wheeled up to the tables to serve the diners, is to be torn down. W. Olson of Hoffman, Minn., and J. M. Peterson of Barrett, Minn., land seekers, blew out the gas in a room at Winnipeg, and will probably die as a result. A despatch received here from Tangler, Morocco, says it is persistently reported there that El Menehbli, the minister of war, was killed in battle, February 12. The president this afternoon received the members of the Republican Editorial association at the white house, and gave a cordial greeting and handshake to each. The crew of the Kinoe, a Gloucester fishing smack, volunteered to rescue, and did rescue, during a terrific gale, the crew of the sinking British schooner E. H. Foster. David Shand, charged with murdering Mrs. Ira Baker, at Lebanon, Pa., last Saturday night, killed one of the policemen sent to arrest him before he was overpowered. The excessive use of illustrations in government reports is to be reduced for economy's sake. The public printing expense has increased $4,000,000 within the past few years. Mrs. Phoebe Clough, a wealthy Newark, N. J., woman, confined in sanitarium for alleged alcoholism, has succeeded in starting habeas corpus proceedings from her cell. O. P. Austin, chief of the bureau of statistics, is writing a book on the development of the boundary lines of the states and territories, noting the changes since colonial days. The revolutionists who intended who attack the Venezuelan capital have abandoned their position and retreated. The government is organizing a force to pursue the rebels. Trinity Lutheran church of Trenton, N. J., is in a state of great excitement over the confession of Pastor Hugo Wendel, who says he preaches to spirits several hours a day. Complaint has been made to the Synod. The Independent Elevator company of Minneapolis, controlling 21 county elevators, has sold out to the Brooks-Griffin company. The deal affects the grain trade of the Northwest. Rear Admiral Schley is ill at San Antonio, Tex., and unable to attend the delegations of citizens. He contracted a severe cold, which developed symptoms of pneumonia, but the physician says he is no danger. William E. McHenry of Chicago, a LaSalle street broker, formerly member of the firm of McHenry, Rush & Co. has confessed to insolvency in the United States court. His liabilities are $135,000, arising mainly from loss in the grain market. DOINGS OF CONGRESS. Tuesday, Feb. 24, the house passed the Philippine currency bill, accepting the senate bill so far as it relates to the islands. The committee amendment, striking out the international monetary conference, was agreed to. The contested election case of Wagoner vs. Butler was under consideration for a time, and the Democrats began a filibuster which they threaten to continue if the case is pressed. Wednesday, Feb. 25, the house adopted the conference report on the army appropriation bill and sent to the president. The bill to establish a union station in this city also was finally passed, the house abandoning its amendments to reduce the amount to be given to the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio railroads from $1,500,000 each, as fixed in the senate bill, to $1,000,000 each, as fixed by the house. Mr. Cannon and Mr. Cowherd (Mo.) made the fight against the motion to recede, while Mr. Morrell (Pa.) supported by Mr. Dalzell (Pa.), Mr. Olmsted (Pa.), and others, favored the agreement in the amount fixed by the senate. The Fowler currency bill was debated in a desultory way. Mr. Clayton (Ala.) delivered a mock funeral oration on the bill. The other speakers were Messrs. Rugley (N. Y.), Shallenberger (Neb.), and Thompson (Ala.). The speaker appointed the committee to represent the house at the dedication of the Louisiana Purchase exposition. The Democrats began a filibuster to prevent the seating of Mr. Waggoner (Rep.) over Mr. Butler (Dem.) from the Twelfth Missouri district. They were unsuccessful, but forced roll calls on nearly every motion before the house. A recess was taken until Friday. Friday, Feb. 27, after a stormy session, during which the Democrats continued their threatened filibustering tactics, all that had been accomplished was to get the agricultural, sundry civil, military academy, and postoffice appropriation bills into conference and to adopt the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill. The house held a four hours' session and put the District of Columbia bill through its last parliamentary stage in the face of the Democratic filibuster. The previous question on the conference report on the Alaskan homestead bill was ordered and the vote on its adoption will be taken when the house reconvenes at 11 o'clock Monday. The Democrats attempted to block legislation at every stage, and it required six roll calls to accomplish what was done. In the house Monday, March 2, the conference report on the Alaskan homestead bill and the immigration bill were adopted, the omnibus public buildings bill and the general deficiency appropriation bill were sent to conference. The Otjen bill to prohibit tobacco dealers from giving prizes, the bill to provide for a delegate from Porto Rico, a bill to advance Maj. W. C. Gorgas to the rank of assistant surgeon general, and a bill for the relief of Lieut. B. F. Handforth were passed. The house also adopted the conference report on the postoffice and agricultural appropriation bills, and shortly before midnight, at the end of a continuous session of almost thirteen hours, took a recess until 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. In the Senate. Tuesday, Feb. 24, the Indiana (Miss.) postoffice case occupied the major portion of the time of the senate. Tillman spoke for three hours in continuation of his remarks begun Monday on the race question, and was followed by Mr. Carmack, of Tennessee. During the morning hour several bills and resolutions were passed, and consideration was given the bill further to provide for the safe-keeping of public money on deposit in national banks. The agricultural appropriation bill also was considered, and the committee amendments agreed to, except the statehood rider, which was passed over. Mr. Quay, speaking to his resolution declaring it to be the sense of the senate that a vote should be taken on the statehood bill prior to March 2, said that the occasion for it had passed, but he desired a test vote on the question of closure in the senate "for future reference." Mr. Aldrich thought the resolution should go to the committee on rules, whereupon Mr. Quay remarked that if the senators who were so vociferous the other day in opposing closure declined to go on record he was willing the resolution should be referred. The resolution then was sent to committee. Mr. Aldrich called up the bill amending the revised statutes further to provide for the safe-keeping of public money. An amendment was issued to excluding the bonds of street railway companies as security for deposits in national banks. Another amendment was agreed to accepting as security the first mortgage bonds of any railroad company which has paid dividends of not less than 4 per cent per annum "regularly and continuously" on its entire capital stock for a period of not less than ten years previous to the deposit of the bonds. The bill was further amended so that the United States shall have a lien on "current" assets of banks in which public monies are deposited, and also that any legally authorized bonds issued for municipal purposes by any city or county may be accepted as security for deposits. Mr. Aldrich then briefly explained the bill, saying that it made but few changes in existing law. An amendment was agreed to requiring the secretary of the treasury to report at each session of congress the amounts deposited in individual national banks. The bill then went over. The senate adjourned to meet Wednesday at 11 o'clock, which, until otherwise ordered, will be the hour for convening hereafter. Wednesday, Feb. 25, the senate made rapid progress. The statehood riders to the agricultural and postoffice appropriations bills were withdrawn and both bill s passed. The house amendments to the Philippine currency bill were agreed to with but slight discussion, thus sending the bill to the president. The sundry civil bill was nearly completed. A large number of pension bills were also passed. There was a lengthy discussion of the appropriation of $200,000 for Queen Liluokalani for the loss of the crown lands in Hawaii. In the course of the day Civil Service Commissioner Foulke was severely criticised on a letter written by him to Mr. Spooner regarding the dismissal of an employee of the surveyor-general's office, Idaho, who had been charged with receiving campaign contributions. The discussion arose over a resolution by Mr. Dubois calling for information in the case. Thursday, Feb. 26, the advisability and legality of the appointment by the president of senators as members of commissions formed the subject of considerable discussion in the senate. The sundry civil bill was under consideration, and Mr. Hale, having in mind the amendment which was adopted Wednesday, authorizing the appointment of an international monetary commission, started the debate by calling attention to the fact that the senate had reprobated the policy of appointment of senators on commissions, and on one occasion had refused to confirm two senators nominated by the president for such service. During the discussion it was made clear that no reflection was intended on Mr. Lodge and Mr. Turner, who have been selected as members of the Alaskan boundary commission. The bill was passed after a number of amendments had been added to it. Mr. Burrows, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, filed an additional protest against the admission of Reed Smoot as a senator from Utah. The senate went into executive session at 1:30 p. m., and devoted the remainder of the day to the Panama canal treaty. Friday, Feb. 27, the senate passed the naval and military academy appropriation bills. Mr. Blackburn secured a vote on his motion to take up the Littleleed anti-trust bill, but his motion as lost, 28 to 38. The senate from 1:45 p.m. to 5:15 was in executive session. When the doors were opened a number of bills were passed without objection. The immigration bill was considered and a number of amendments made to meet various senators' views, but the bill failed of a vote on objection from New England senators, who feared it will exclude French Canadian labor. Sunday, March 1, the senate devoted the day to eulogies of the late Peter J. Otey (Va), James Moody (N. C.), John N. W. Rumple (Iowa), and Thomas H. Tongue (Ore). At the conclusion of the addresses several resolutions of regret were adopted, and as a further mark of respect the senate adjourned until 11 o'clock Monday. Monday, March 2, the senate passed the general deficiency bill after four hours' consideration, and after it had been amended in several particulars. During the course of the day the conference report on the fortifications appropriation bill and the Alaska home stead bill were agreed to. The immigration and omnibus public buildings bills were sent to conference. The reading of the deficiency bill occupied three hours' time. The committee amendments were agreed to. An amendment was agreed to appropriating $3,000,-000 to carry out the provisions of the omnibus public buildings bill. An amendment was agreed to providing that claims for rebates on tobacco and snuff shall not be paid unless presented prior to April 1, 1903. The amount appropriated for the payment of the claim was increased to $1,370,000. FOUR MORE DIE OF TYPHOID. Epidemic at Ithaca Claims Two Student Victims at Cornell—Health Record, Passes, Rules Ithaca, N. Y., March 2.—As a result of typhoid fever contracted at Ithaca four deaths were reported. Two were Cornell students, Paul Wanke, a graduate student in Auburn, died at his home, where he went at the first symptoms of the disease. James Francis McEvy of Bliss, a sophomore in the arts course at Cornell, died in the Cornell infirmary. The other victims were Mrs. Francis Stevens, a resident of the town, and Solomon Seager, an upholsterer. The death list of Cornell students from typhoid reaches 18. The board of health passed an ordinance making it a misdemeanor for any person to use city water for household purposes before being boiled, or to give it to any perfor that purpose. A JEFFRIES-CORBETT MATCH Representatives of the Two Big Prize Fighters Are to Meet Sunday to Arrange Terms. New York, Feb. 27.—After a lot of talk a conference on the subject of a match between Jim Jeffries and Jim Corbett has been arranged. The champion's representative, Billy Delaney, will meet Corbett next Sunday at an up-town hotel. Billy Delaney, who arrived in town the other day, has called Corbett's repeated defens, and says that if a mill is not climbed next Sunday, it will not be the fault of Jeffries. If the fight is brought about it may be decided at Fort Erie. The International Athletic club of that place has agreed to give a purse of $25,000 for the scrap, and the offer has not been rescinded. Quarantine Placed On Wool. Boston, Mass., Feb. 28- Confirmation of the action of the cattle bureau in including wool in the foot and mouth disease quarantine was received from Washington. The agricultural department upholds the interpretation of the phrase "hair of ruminants" in the quarantine and says it includes wool. The decision practically suspends domestic wool in Massachusetts, and Boston dealers say that if the embargo is not modified so as to exempt wool many mills will have to be closed. A protest was sent to Senator Lodge and he replied that he would take the matter up with Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture. Boston men say the ruling is absurd. New York, Feb. 27.—The ambition of many wealthy friends of Abram S. Hewitt to honor his memory has taken shape, as was disclosed by Mayor Low today when he announced that J. Pleierpont Morgan had subscribed $25,000, William E. Dodge $65,000 and Andrew Carnegie $50,000 to a fund of $500,000 to be known as the "Abram S. Hewitt Endowment of Cooper Union." Trains Tied Up By Snow Topeka, Kan., Feb. 27.—The northbound Chicago and El Paso passenger train on the Rock Island system is tied up in snow drifts somewhere between Buckley and Liberal, Kas., with small hopes of getting through to the Missouri river before Friday. Other trains are several hours behind time. The snow is still falling in western Kansas. RAMSEY SENDS ANSWER RAMSEY SENDS ANSWER PRESIDENT OF WABASH ROAD REJECTS ALL DEMANDS. Present Rate Must Stand Until Other Lines Pay More—Injunction Granted By Judge Adams Prevents Culmination Of the Threatened Strike —What Morrissey Says Of the Injunction. St. Louis, March 4.—After considering the demands set forth in a letter sent him by committees representing Wabash trainmen and firemen, President Ramsey made a reply in a letter of considerable length. He says the Wabash pays more for firing than most other roads, and reminds firemen while their demands of last November was $2.40 he gave them $2.50 and that two days later they asked for an Increase to $2.60. He says the present rate will stand until other lines pay more. He reiterates the declaration that the demand for an increase will not be conceded east of the Mississippi until competitive roads make an advance. As to double-heading, he says the company declines to do more than to discourage double-heading as much as possible. He says in conclusion that when rates on the Wabash are not as fair as those of competitors it will be corrected. In an interview later President Ramsey expressed the opinion that with engineers and conductors at their posts it will be little difficulty in running traps. The Injunction Granted. The injunction granted by Judge Adams of the United States district court prevented the culmination of the threatened strike of 1,100 Wabash railroad employees. The injunction is temporary and a most sweeping instrument and effectually blocked any strike proceedings. In part, it reads: "We, therefore, do strictly command you, until further order of court, absolutely to desist and refrain from in any way or manner ordering, coercing, persuading, inducing or otherwise causing, directly or indirectly, the employees of the said Wabash Railway company to strike or quit the service of said company." Persons against whom this injunction is issued may appear in court at any time and present a plea to have the injunction dissolved, or if no one asks that it be dissolved it may be made permanent. After the injunction was issued Ramsey replied to the letter of the grievance committee practically rejecting all their demands. The trainmen's committees met and discussed the situation, but did not present a consultation with attorneys. What Morrissev Saves. P. H. Morrissey, grand master of the trainmen, has issued a signed statement which cites the result of the vote by which the men authorized the officers to declare a strike on the Wabash, and discusses the injunction issued by Judge Adams. He says the injunction will be respected "because we recognize that until dissolved it is law. While we view the action of the court as subversive of American rights and privileges, we believe it contrary to common justice and fairness, but utter no defiance to its mandate and indulge in no heroics. We will, however, contest the proceedings to the end." Morrissey criticises President Ramsey's course in resorting to injunction proceedings after having declared he "did not fear a strike and would easily fill the men's places." Morrissey then offers, if Ramsey withdraws the writ, to leave the matter at issue "wholly to the decision of a committee of his employees having the matter in charge and abide by the result." Ramssey said the injunction would not affect the company's employees, and that he will go on dealing with them as usual. He said if the strike takes place it will be due to outside interference, and he will not reach. He insists the Wabash employees are satisfied and "would have remained satisfied if left to their own accord." THE POPE'S HEALTH IS FAILING While There Does Not Seem to Be Any Indication of Immediate Death It Is Expected in Near Future Rome, March 4—There is no longer any doubt that the condition of Pope Leo's health is serious, and that he is rapidly declining. He is very weak and has continual spells of drowsiness, which his physician, Dr. Lappont, finds difficulty in overcoming. His weakness is increased by diarrhoea, with which he has recently been afflicted. While there does not seem to be any indication of his immediate death, that it is expected in the very near future is now certain. This is shown by the fact the 42 cardinals now in Rome have held several secret meetings, and the possibility of it becoming necessary to hold a conclave has been discussed by him. The candidacies of several cardinals have also been canvassed, it is said. NEW CASES OF TYPHOID FEVER Eight Are Reported At Ithaca, None Students—Two Deaths Occur Among Citizens. Ithaca, March 4.—Eight new cases of typhoid fever, three suspected cases and two deaths have been reported in the last twenty-four hours. The deaths are those of citizens of Ithaca. No new cases among the students developed today. The general condition of the patients in Cornell infirmary is very satisfactory. BIG DEAL IN TIMBER Twenty Thousand Acres of South Carolina Land Passes Into Hands Of Michigan Man. Raleigh, N. C., March 4.—Twenty thousand acres of timber land near Asheville have been bought by Charles D. Fuller, of Kalamazoo, Mich., who will erect one of the biggest timber land plants in the state with headquarters at Asheville. He will also build a railroad 100 or 200 miles long through the Balsam mountains. CANAL WILL NOW BE BUILT Extra Session Practically Assures This Result—Representative Talks Of It. Washington, March 4.—Mr. Cromwell, the representative of the Panama Canal company, made public a statement in which he says a complete understanding has been reached with the attorney general upon all points and documents signed to make the contract "complete and binding upon the government and the canal company. This action absolutely assures to the United States," says Cromwell, "the acquisition and completion of the Panama canal, as well as control of the railroad." He says while the ratification of the treaty is pending the company will "continue the work of construction upon the isthmus in accordance with the plans of the canal commission, and will keep working forces in steady operation up to the time the United States takes actual charge." Continuing he says: "If an extra session had not been called, as has been so wisely done by the president, I am convinced the United States would have lost the present opportunity of securing exclusive control of the ship canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans." He says also that Colombia will ratify the treaty and concludes with the statement that "the Panama canal has now become American." WOMAN MURDERED BURDICK Buffalo Police Are Confident That the Merchant's Assailant Was Of High Social Standing. Buffalo, March 4.—The following is the statement made by Assistant Superintendent of Police Cusak of this city: "I am as firmly convinced as ever that it was a woman who killed Burdick. The woman was not a woman of the street, either. It was, in my opinion, a woman of some social standing, particularly one of the set in which Burdick moved." "I fully expect that the murderer will be apprehended and punished," said Assistant District Attorney Abbott later, "but this belief is not based on any evidence which we now have in our possession." The most important news which has been brought regarding the murder since the announcement of the crime itself is this: Indisputable evidence shows that Burdick was lying on the couch in his den when the attack which ended his life was made. There was no struggle worthy of the name of struggle, the unfortunate man succumbing almost immediately to the first blow struck. The assailant was a woman. CANNOT CAPTURE CONVENTION Bryan Denies Interview Saying He Will Lead a Revolt From Democratic Ranks In 1904. New York, March 4.—William Jennings Bryan has informed his intimate friends in this city, says the Tribune, that if the gold and plutocratic Democrats triumph in the next national Democratic convention he will lead his followers from the hall and nominate an independent Democratic ticket, with a platform that will enlist the support of the radicals. Pittsburg, March 3.—William J. Bryan, speaking here, denied that he will lead a revolt from the Democratic party in case the gold Democrats capture the national convention, as reported from New York. Mr. Bryan said not only had he not made any such statement, but that the contemplated action was improbable and he did not discuss improbabilities. "Never will you find gold Democrats capturing any Democratic convention of national importance," he said. "The very idea is absurd." SAYS THE REPORT IS UNTRUE Prof. Woodrow Wilson of Princeton Says He Knows Nothing Of Carnegie's Gift to Endow College Princeton, N. J., March 4.—Prof. Woodrow Wilson makes the statement that as far as he knows the report published saying that Carnegie had given $1,000,000 to endow a graduate school at Princeton university was absolutely without foundation. The story as sent out was as follows: New York, March 3.—The Evening Journal says that Andrew Carnegie has given Princeton university $1,000,000 for the construction of a graduate school. Tr. gift was made as a payment of a debt of gratitude. Carnegie felt he owed his position to Dr. Joseph J. Germany, who attended him during his recent illness in Europe. Germany declined to accept a personal gift, but suggested something might be offered to Princeton, from which Germany was graduated. THOUSANDS OF CATTLE DEAD Can Be Seen On Every Railroad Throughout Range Country. Storms the Cause. Denver, March 4.—Thousands of cattle, dead or dying, in the plains, can be seen from every railroad throughout the range country. The storms of the last two weeks wrought havoc among herds. One train crew on the Missouri Pacific road counted more than a thousand dead cattle between the Kansas line and Pueblo. Rock Island trainmen estimate a similar number lying within sight of that line. Is Held In London—Toasts to the President and King Edward Well Received. London, March 4.—The Pilgrim club gave a banquet here to Ambassador Choate to celebrate the completion of his fourth year as ambassador. Toasts to President Roosevelt and King Edward were received with enthusiasm. The speeches teemed with expressions of friendship between the two nations. Tax on Show Tickets. Australia is apparently about to give us another new lead—a tax on theater tickets. Retrenchment is now the order of the day all over the commonwealth, and the reduction of the government grants has seriously embarrassed the finances of a number of charitable institutions. A large deputation of the managing committees of the Melbourne charities has waited upon the treasurer and protested. Mr. Shiels, in reph, pointed out that Melbourne was the greatest sporting community in the world. He thought a tax should be imposed for the benefit of charities. The hundreds of thousands of who cheerfully paid a shilling each to see a cricket match or witness a play would feel no hardship in contributing a penny more for the sake of charity. He estimated that such a tax would bring in £120,000 a year—London Chronicle. THROUGH AND THRONGH New Bedford, Mass, Mar, 2nd.-At 658 First St., this city, lives a very happy man. His name is Uric Levasseur and he certainly has good reason to feel glad and proud. Mr. Levasseur has been sick for a long time with general weakness and a sore pain in his back. At the last he got so very bad that he could not walk without great misery. Now he is well and in speaking of this wonderful change in him he says: "I believe it to be my duty to tell everybody how I was cured. I was so weak that I could not stoop, in fact, I was unable to walk without great pain. I began taking Dodd's Kidney Pills and a two months' treatment I am well and contented. "Dodd's Kidney Pills are a God-sent remedy. I will always praise them for their wonderful cure of my case. They cured me through and through. I am as strong and able a man now as I ever was." IN THE PUBLIC EYE Mrs. Jeu Hon Yee constitut half of the female Chinese popul on of St. Louis. Gen. Andrew Jackson's old home, the Hermitage, near Nashville, has been restored. Senator Nathan B. Scott of West Virginia has gone to Europe on a long tour in search of health. Marie Hall, aged 18, recently made her debut as a violinist in England, and a great future is predicted for her. Gov. Lanham of Texas has vetoed a bill allowing a man to marry his step-daughter, or a woman to marry her son-in-law. A portrait of Senior Master Charles James Capon has just been unveiled in the Boston Latin school, where he has taught nearly 60 years. HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENYE & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business and in all duties to carry out any obligations made by their firm. WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Drummer, Taleb O. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Hall's Family Pills are the best. A New Danger Signal A new device for the avoidance of accidents on railroads is reported by our consul at Berlin. It is a German invention, and is being tested on one of the government railroads near Frankfort. A light third rail is laid midway between the other rails, and is connected by a shoe with an electrical apparatus carried by engines. By this means danger signals can be given by electric bell and red light in the cab of the engine, and electrical brakes can be set by the same signal that gives the alarm. The apparatus also keeps the engineer in telephonic communication with stations and with trains ahead of him, and when he is pulled up he can learn what is the matter and what is expected of him.—Harper's Weekly. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period. An Accomplished Cow S. T. Greene has a cow that would do for a circus. Yesterday morning he went out to do the milking, but the cow wash absent from her accustomed place. He hunted over the neighborhood, supposing she had strayed away. On returning to the barn he thought he heard a noise of something munching. He hene upstairs in the loft and there discerned taking her morning rations as unconcerned as she was in her stall. The next pout was to get the animal downstairs, and as she weighed on 1,400 pounds and the stairway was narrow, it seemed like a difficult problem. They got her two front feet on the first step and all at once she squatted and slid down the stairway as gracefully as if going down a boggan slide—and the thing was done. This is the way a neighbor of Mr. Greene related the incident. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Charles H. Hutchins A Wednesbury (England) resident in the sixteenth century left $1,000 to provide annually on St. Thomas' day three gowns and three coats to indigent persons of the parish. Following the custom of the times the money was invested in land (in this case in minerals), and the original legacy has increased in value to $30,000. Instead of the three gowns and three coats, the charity commissioners who administer the funds are able to present 200 gowns and 60 coats. CRESCENT FENCE PRINTING THE LEGENDS QUALIFYING THE BEST WHOEVER WANTS TO HAVE A FENCE OR CURBS FAR TO SUPPLYING FARM NOTES (Copyright, 1901, by J. S. Trigg, Rockford, Iowa.) Correspondence Solicited. "No hog cholera" has about as much to do with existing prosperity all through the corn belt as any other one thing. Now if you want to set out a rose-bush next spring which will surely fulfil your anticipations set out a Crimson Rambler, which will give you more flowers for your trouble than any other flower we know of. The oleo men are working up a trade for the uncolored product by furnishing materials and directions for coloring to the purchaser. Thirty-two cent western extra obscures any refined sentiments on this matter. England rebels and protests against American enterprise and aggressiveness. She thinks we work too hard and too long. Were it not that these traits are taking her markets away from her perhaps she would not care. If you think freight rates too high in this country, just mind that it costs as much to ship a car of grain over English railroads a distance of 40 miles into London as it does to ship the same amount of grain from Chicago to London. The creamy interests of the country contributed about $27,000 to secure the passage of the oleomargarine law, while the National Livestock association contributed $5,000 to defeat it. The cows had the most money behind them and beat the steers. The savings banks of the country have generally restored the rate of interest paid on deposits to 4 per cent, their deposit accounts having been depleted for investment in Canada lands which will not pay 4 per cent to the investors for a good many years to come. Cottonseed meal after the oil has been taken out is the richest in protein of any of the prepared stock foods. Linseed oil meal comes next. Neither one of these products, notwithstanding they carry so large an amount of milk producing elements, is a desirable dairy ration, as they injuriously affect the quality of the milk and butter product. On a late winter day we watched a chickadee on a lively hunt up and down an apple tree after something to eat. There was not a bug or an insect in sight, but we found he was after the little clusters of insect eggs, waiting only the warmth of spring to develop into some form of our insect pests. If we had more chickadees, we would have better apples. We think there were more poor apples raised last year than we have ever known, the Eastern fruit particularly being gnarly, undersized and defective. It is evident that more attention will have to be paid in the future to the various insect pests, which were the primary cause of so much poor fruit. To quit killing the birds would be a good starter in this direction. How many acres of corn should one man and a team try to care for? One man says fifty, another forty, another thirty. One says he would not keep a hand who would not average ten acres a day in plowing the corn, while another man says he would fire a hand who would try to get over more than six acres. We have noticed this much—that it is the ten-acre a day fellow who usually raises the thirty-five bushel an acre crop, while the six-acre man often gets sixty. A correct record kept of the rainfall for ten years, 1803 to 1902, at a point in east central Iowa shows the precipitation by inches for each year as follows: | Inches. | Inches. | | :--- | :--- | | 1893 | 22.92 | 1898 | 21.55 | | 1894 | 19.29 | 1894 | 29.96 | | 1895 | 19.04 | 1900 | 31.11 | | 1896 | 38.51 | 1901 | 20.16 | | 1897 | 27.98 | 1902 | 51.55 | These figures give an average of 28.20 inches for the ten year period and show up the wet season of 1902 in good shape. This rainfall record probably fairly reflects the precipitation for all the north Mississippi valley region for the period given. Here are a few roses which you will find very satisfactory: For climbers, the red, white and yellow Ramblers; ever blooming roses, Bride, Wooton, Soupere, Perie de Jardin, Catherine Mermet La France, Victoria Liberty and Golden Gate, among the June roses try Fisher, Holmes, Paul, Neyron, General Jacquemnort. Those in the first and last classes mentioned are hardy through most of the north when properly protected in winter. Those in the second class will not survive the winter if left out of doors. Get your plans of an established house, and if you want good results the first year get two-year-old plants. Roses want a rich clay soil and plenty of sunshine. The top working of fruit trees, like marriage, depends upon the harmony of the union. We have trees where a divorce in the near future is inevitable. Many of our common wild flowers are very pretty and attractive, but we find that any attempt to domesticate them meets with more or less failure. Like other wild things, they seem to resent the effort of civilization. The dry season of 1901 and the wet one of 1902 taught a great many lessons both to farmers and fruit growers, almost more than they can take in and remember. After learning how best to conserve moisture they were immediately confronted with the problem of how to get rid of it, and if the season of 1903 is an average one a good many of them will hardly know what to do Every season, as with the opera brings out some new carnation as a candidate for public favor. In two years both the flower and the singer are forgotten. Ten Bushels More Per Acre. We think that it will be generally admitted that it is possible to increase the yield of the corn crop at least ten bushels per acre. This will be done largely in the line of securing a better quality of seed corn, corn of a better type. The better preparation of the ground before planting will also help, as well as the more thorough cultivation of the crop. Touching on the importance of the seed used and the type of corn raised, we mention that thirty samples of corn, supposed to be the best that thirty corn raisers could enter for premiums, offered at a farmers' institute and carefully scored varied in proportion of corn to cob from 68 to 88 per cent. Of the thirty samples exhibited twenty-seven were what might be properly called scrub corn, showing no distinct type or breeding, the best corn exhibited being a pure bred corn. We believe that seven bushels per acre may be added to the product of any cornfield by the use of pure bred seed, just as $ per hundred weight is added to the value of a pure bred steer. This reform may be easily brought about by any man who will give the thought to this subject which it deserves. The other three bushels per acre we believe can be secured in the matter alone of more thorough preparation of the ground before planting. Horseflesh As Food We are asked the reason for the prejudice against horse meat as an article of food, when the horse is one of the very cleanest of our domestic animals both in diet and habit. We really do not know. The old Mosaic ban which by implication barred the horse can hardly be the reason, when civilized humanity so readily and eagerly accepts the hog as an article of food, and that, too, with the hog explicitly forbidden. We incline to the opinion that the real cause is an honorable sentiment and not a prejudice, the horse in all history having been man's companion and burden bearer, and thus man is reluctant to devote his faithful friend to such sordid and ignoble purposes. Germany is working out this problem for the world at large—starving herself to it, and may have to await a passage at arms with some beef eating nation to finally settle it. A world of inhumanity and cruelty practiced in connection with the horse would be done away with if nis almost universal prejudice against horseflesh as food could be removed. Market Days For Farmers. The question of the utility of a fixed market day at some central point for farmers to aid them in the sale of the products of their farms is being discussed at many of the farm institutes this winter. While in a thickly settled country, as in all the agricultural districts of Europe, where a home market is found for all produce, these market days are indispensable, the conditions in this country are quite different, the bulk of the produce raised being exported. Of course with some minor articles such as the home market takes it would be a good thing to bring buyer and seller together on a market day. This may, however, in a measure be secured by the liberal use of the farm telephone and the more general use of the local newspaper as an advertising medium. A good large bulletin board placed in front of a man's residence will be an aid in the same direction. Poor Cows. It is stated upon the authority of the dairy commissioner of Iowa that the annual butter product of the average cow of that state is only 135 pounds, or just about enough to pay her board. Inasmuch as many good dairymen are doubling this yield, it follows that somebody somewhere is keeping a lot of cows that are eating their heads off. We are firmly of the belief that this poor yield of butter is more the fault of the ration fed than of the cow, thousands of men keeping cows being densely ignorant as to the kinds of food a cow needs in order to produce milk, thinking they have done their whole duty by her when they have given her all the corn and hay she will eat, not knowing that this ration is about as productive of milk as the hard heads on the roadside. We want to call attention to the exceptionally fine flavor of the Gandy strawberry. In this particular it is the king of all berries of our acquaintance. It takes about twenty years for any new variety of apple to make its place sure in public favor. Only within the past three or four years has the Wealthy apple become to be recognized as a standard apple through the country. The sheep herders of the west are protesting that it will be a very serious thing to shut them out from the government forest reserves. But it will not be one-half so serious as to let them remain on these reserves and destroy all the young timber. The horse most wanted today and for which the best prices are paid is the 1,500 to 1,700 draft animal, a horse which can be as easily raised on the average farm as a beef critter. There is no probability that there will be too many of this class of horses raised for years to come. We wish to commend the adjustable disk harrow for orchard use. With it cultivation is possible as with no other tool, and it further secures an entirely level surface at all times. In a country where the rainfall is hardly ever sufficient to secure the best development of the apple tree this question of perfectly level cultivation is a very important one in conserving the moisture available. --- Wherever class legislation characterizes the government of a country it will be found invariable that the favored few get possession of the land, the masses becoming in some form or other the tenants and so called inferiors. If this country is wise, it will enact restraining legislation of some sort which will prevent the corporate ownership of real estate in large quantities. So long as the land is free the people are free. King Oscar of Sweden has presented a gold medal or award every fifth year to the world's most prominent mathematician. It has been arranged to hold the eleventh international congress of hygiene and demography at Brussels in September next. The original record book of the conference of Baptist ministers in Massachusetts has been discovered in the vaults of the Missionary union, Tremont Temple, Boston. It was formed in May, 1829. The book is of much interest and value and worthy of careful preservation. The Illinois legislature has been asked to re-appropriate $0,000 for a statue of Miss Frances E. Willard, to be placed in Statuary hall, Washington, the time limit of the first appropriation having lapsed. The failure to draw the appropriation was due to the delay of the artists in submitting their competitive models. Melton Prior, the famous artist of the Illustrated London News, represented that journal at the Delhi durbar and has now gone to Somaliand, where he will join the expeditionary forces. This will be Mr. Prior's twenty-fifth campaign, besides many other important commissions. A note from Berlin states that Professor Delbruck, a well-known German historian and editor of the Prussische Jahrbucher, has paid a fine of $75 for an article in his publication attacking the government's Polish policy, and insinuating that the so-called East Mark association was establishing a system of espionage and denunciation. The young Duke Charles Edward of Coburg and Gotha, son of the Duchess of Albany, is in training to be ruler. He will spend several months as a clerk in the government offices at Berlin, then perfect himself in French, and study the system of government and administration of Gotha. Then will follow the study of law at Bonn university. One of the best governed communities in the Russian empire, the interior minister reports, is that of Nikolskoye, in the district of Rybinsk. The men of the place are all employed in the factories of large cities or in business in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The women run the affairs of the community, meet in council, elect officials, and, according to reports, do the work well. Mr. O. H. Titman, superintendent of the coast and geodetic survey, says the earthquake reported as having caused disaster in the South seas on Jan. 13 was recorded as a seismic effect at the magnetic observatories of the coast survey in Baldwin, Kans., and in Cheltenham, Md. According to the record at Cheltenham, the tremors began at 8:55 o'clock and lasted twenty minutes. The emperor Meneilik, of Abyssinia, among his other hobbies, takes great interest in clocks, and several chronometers have recently been imported from Switzerland by his Swiss adviser, which vary no more than six seconds in two months. Ras Makonnen has also ordered several curious mechanical clocks from Swiss firms for presentation to the negus and the empress. The most remarkable of these is a great chiming clock to imitate that of St. Margaret's, Westminster abbey. Bishop Doane, of Albany, is chairman of an executive committee appointed by Episcopal, Presbyterian and Methodist churches to aid in securing uniform marriage and divorce laws. The movement which culminated in the selection of this committee has been going on for some time. The design is to secure the co-operation of all religious bodies in making marriage and divorce less easy and in removing abuses connected with both. Theodore H. Hostetter, the multimillionaire, who at the age of 32, died suddenly at a Park Avenue sanitarium in August last, left a check book which shows that in the final year of his life he lost $636,000 at gambling in New York city. The places he patronized were those run by Richard Canfield, Phil Daly and Dave Johnson. It is said by Hostetter's friends that his passion for gambling cost him about $1,000,000 in the last 12 months of his life. An interesting relic has been found amid a lot of old lumber at the Palais Bourbon. It is the throne which Louis Philippe was wont to occupy when he went there to open the sessions of parliament. It was thought that the throne had disappeared, like that of the Tulieries, after the outbreak of the revolution in 1948, but it has turned up, certainly not the worse for wear, as it has never been used since that date, and only requires a little dusting. Arrangements are in progress in Concord, Mass., for the observance of the centennial of the birth of Ralph Waldo Emerson, May 25. The Social circle, of which Mr. Emerson was a member for 43 years prior to his death in 1881, has appointed a committee to prepare the program. In the morning there will be exercises in the town hall for the children, and in the afternoon the exercises will be in the Unitarian church. Prof. William H. Pickering, the Harvard astronomer, has been at work on a new atlas of the moon, and discovered in the course of his researches that mistakes have been made in the calculations of the altitude of the craters. All measurements of the moon will now have to be corrected by astronomers with the new series of tables upon which Prof. Pickering is at work. All observations have previously been based upon Franz's exhaustive treatise, "The Mountains and Craters of the Moon." A cable to the World from St. Petersburg says: A marvel of engraving has just been accomplished by a youth of Odessa, who is known throughout South Russia for the extraordinary precision of his work. On a grain of wheat he has engraved the music and words of the Russian national anthem with the aid of a lens. Every note is dotted and clearly defined. He was called to the imperial court to show the czar the wonderful piece of work, which is framed in a tiny silver setting. The czar, amazed at the production, gave the engraver a gold watch with his monogram on it. Between the two "II's" of Nicolas II. the engraver is now engraving a long prayer for the czar's safety taken from the Russian liturgy. THINGS THAT HAPPEN. An-8-year-old girl runs a restaurant in Denver. A Berlin woman bequeathed her property to a cat. A corn on the toe of a Philadelphia man caused his death. A mine near Phoenix, Ariz., disap peared a week after the shaft had been sunk. A damaged footballer has just been fitted at a London hospital with a celluloid nose. A Tanner, Me., man, who is said to be otherwise sane, has an American flag tattooed on his cheek. A Pennsylvania hotelkeeper was fined 67 cents for swearing at his servant who would not get up when called. After going around with a broken skull for 15 years, the Kentucky woman who owned it has just had it repaired. A man who advertised for a cook and a music teacher received nine answers to the former advertisement and 389 to the latter. The editor of a weekly newspaper in Australia offers himself as a prize to the woman who writes the best essay on the duties of a wife. A man in Buenos Ayres became insane from violent emotion, on learning that he had won the big prize in a lottery. He went to a church, drew a revolver, and fired at the priests. This amusing excuse was given by the editor of an Indian vernacular paper, which was printed with two columns left blank on the most important page: "We had reserved this space for an exceptionally powerful article on violence of priests to our readers, but at the last moment we find the article cannot be compressed into the two columns reserved for it. The article will make its appearance next week." 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This farm is well improved—one of the best in the county. Price $80 per acre if taken soon. 80 Aores Near Conway, Taylor county, Iowa Pasture land, about half in timber, no buildings, fenced. Price $35 per acre. large list of farms in northeast part of the county at from $45 to $90 per acre. Write for list. 80 Acres Near Lenox, Taylor county, Iowa. Splendid land, but cheap buildings. Price $60 per acre. Eighty near by at $55 and another 80 at $90 per acre. 560 Acres Near railroad town and about ten miles from county seat of Clarke county, Iowa. Two hundred acres nice level land, balanced with acreage for improvements worth over $ 5,000. The farm is fenced into several fields and pastures. Abundance of water, which is pumped by windmills into tanks on field on one side and within one on the other church three miles. Price $45 per acre. 240 Acres Located within two miles of a railroad town, and five miles from Butier, the county seat of Bates county. Missouri. One mile to school and church. The land is well fenced, and cross-fenced; good wells and springs, fine orchard and all kinds of fruit; 150 acres in cultivation and balance good tame grass. Good house of five rooms, large barn and a number of outbuildings, all in good condition, a very desirable farm. Price $40 per acre. 340 Acres Near Garnett, the county seat of Anderson county, Kansas. All bottom land except about 30 acres where buildings are located. Creek and timber on land. The bottom is in the valley. Thirty acres timothy and slower meadow, 15 acres afalfa. Twenty acres of clover plowed up last fall and put in wheat; also 30 acres adjoining in wheat, making 60 acres now in wheat, which is in fine condition. The improvements are in fine condition. The improvements are wing 10x36 with 14 ft. studding; two large porches, good cellar, good cistern and pump on porch. House well painted and insured for $2,500. Big horse barn, tool house, chicken house, hog pens, 25 with shingle roofs. 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One Year in Advance - - - $1.00 Six Months in Advance - - .75 Three Months in Advance - - .50 Single Copies - - - .05 Advertising Rates on Application. Job Work of all Kinds Solicited. Published Every Friday. Entered at the postoffice at Columbia, Mo., as second class matter, Jan. 15, 1902. Agents wanted in every town in the state. Payments may be made in two cent stamps, by postal note, money order, by registered letter or express order. Correspondence containing news of interest and importance is desired from all parts of the United States. Communications should be made to reach us not later than Thursday morning, to insure insertion in the current issue. No attention will be paid to anonymous communications. Agents wanted everywhere. Write for terms. Specimen copies sent to any address upon request. PRESS OF THE MISSOURI STATESMAN. Sassafras tea is now in order. Send fifty cents in money and get the Professional World for 3 months. When attorney Joseph Folk gets through with St. Louis it will probably be a respectable place for holding a World's Fair. The time for the opening of the World's Fair is fastly approaching and nothing is being done relative to a negro building and a negro exhibit; if the negroes of Missouri expect to do anything along this line it is time they were at it. Our thanks are due the following named persons for recent subscriptions to this paper: Prof. Wm. Cherry, Desoto, Mrs. Eva Ellington, Salisbury, Mrs. M. L. Huggard, Columbia, Miss Mayme J. Wood, of Macon, and Mr. R. S. Finney, of Huntsville. Many persons spend much time and money in answering bogus advertisements such as contain great prize offers for little or no work; few if any such "ads" are from reliable firms or individuals and are only schemes to beat people out of money and their time. President Roosevelt has again reminded the prejudiced whites of the South that color should keep no man from filling public office, and that his policy of appointing competent and well qualified negroes to office in the southern states would not be changed. The stand taken by the president is indeed a commandable one. The argument that a man who is in every way qualified to fill an office, should be barred from doing so, simply because of the color of his skin shows only a mark of ignorance and narrow mindedness on the part of those presenting such an argument. An exchange prints the following marriage ceremony, which was said by a Tennessee squire a short time ago: "Wilt thou take her for thy pard; for better or worse; to have, to hold, to fondly guard till hauled off in a hearse? Wilt thou let her have her way; consult her many wishes, make the fire every day and help her wash the dishes? Wilt thou comfort and support her father and mother, Aunt Jemima, Uncle John and three sisters and a brother?" His face grew pale and blank; it was too late to jilt; as through the floor he sank, he meekly said, "I wilt." The papers of Boone were insistent that care be taken that Ed Butler get justice. Weekly we were told that the honor of the county was at stake and that the eyes of the State were upon us. And when the verdict came in, these same papers applauded. Ed Butler was charged with having offered a man a bribe of a few paltry dollars. But when a foul assassination is committed in the county and the trial for the blackest of crimes comes on, no clamor is made through this same press for care to be exercised that the supposed assassinator gets justice, and when the verdict is reached it is passed over without editorial comment. Thus it is that dollars bear a higher estimate than human blood.—Centralia Courier. Notice ! We go to press on Thursdays. All matter for publication must reach us by that day to insure publication. No old news will be published. BOONE COUNTY GRANITE. Finest Building Stone is Found in the Bluffs Near Roche- It is not known to many people that Boone county has among its many resources a superior quality of granite. The bluff where it is most abundant is on the farm of O. C. Roby near Rocheport—the farm formerly owned by Moses U. Payne. Last Tuesday Dr. E. H. Chinn, who attended the courthouse mass meeting as a delegate from Missouri township, brought samples of the stone, polished and unpolished, and it attracted considerable attention from people in other parts of the county. This stone is of a gray color, tinged with brown, and takes on a very high polish, showing that it is hard and therefore durable. These qualities make it desirable for building-stone. Builders in Jefferson City declare it is superior to the Carthage stone, and tombstone makers are getting it out and converting it into marble shafts for the trade. Boone county has an endless amount of good building stone; but this bluff, recently discovered, gives us something which approaches in quality and in appearance the best granite in the country. Boone County Taxable Wealth. Assessor Hall has turned over to the county court the 1902 assessment books, and an abstract has been certified to the state auditor. The total assessment of the county, based on ownership of property on the first day of June, 1902, is $8,149,990. This does not include railroad, telephone, bridge and telegraph assessments. Compared with the assessment of 1901, the valuation is $2,680 greater. The total assessment on real estate is $5,643,700 and on personal property $4,506,290. The grand total of all taxable wealth is about $10,-000,000. There are on the assessment books 421,989 acre of land of at total value of $3,802,995 or an average of $9.01 per acre.; 5,641 town lots valued $1,839,735, an average of $326.12 each; 7,266 houses are valued at $16,310 or $27,100 each; 3,441 mules a $17,-970 or $34.28 each; 153 jacks and jennets, $75,000 or $49 each; 18,804 cattle, $291,565 or $15.50 each; 7,244 sheep $14,145 or $1.95 each; 20,529 hogs $43,975 or $2.14 each; money, notes, bonds, mortgage and other evidences of debt, $1,-094,120; corporate companies, including bank stock and local insurance companies $334,210. Colleges Don't Make Brains. The students of Boston University are discussing a talk which Prof. Marshall L. Perrin of the university gave to his class on the subject of indiscriminately sending boys and girls to college. According to the educator, a mistake is made by those parents who, knowing that their children lack brains, still think that they can have them trained to lives of usefulness by packing them off to a university. Dr. Perrin declared that careful judgment should be used in choosing between practical instruction and higher education. Among other things, he said many a boy would do better to stick to the blacksmith shop and many a girl to the millinery trade. Too many feel that going to college is going to redeem their lives. It sometimes ruins them. Some persons are no good in college, but are all right in other lines. It is much better to be a successful laborer than a tenth rate minister, a fifteenth rate lawyer or a pretty school teacher. A characteristic story is told of a well-known New York lawyer. When he was a boy looking for something to do, he saw the sign, "Boy wanted," hanging outside of a store in New York. He picked up the sign and entered the store. The proprietor met him. "What did you bring that sign in here for?" asked the storekeeper. "You won't need it any more," said the boy cheerfully. "I'm going to take the job."—Washington Post. Some Old Land Patents. From the Auxvasse Review.—S. S. Reily brought some old land grants or land patents to this office Wednesday morning, which are quite curiosities in the old time relic line. One of the grants was made to William Sims by the land office at Palmyra, Mo., April 10, 1837, and one was granted to Samuel Reily, Sr., April 24, 1835. Samuel Reily, Sr., was the father of our S. S. Reily, of Auxvasse, who was an old revolutionary soldier. While traveling on horseback to Palmyra in that early day to get his land patent on 80 acres of land, Mr. Reily saw as he rode through the prairie to that town, 18 head of fine stately elks. These old documents are printed on sheepskin and are well preserved, and Mr. Reily prizes them very highly. Missouri's Several Capitals. Most people believe that Jefferson City has always been the state capitol. This is substantially, although not exactly, true. The first legislature, elected in anticipation of the state's admission to the Union, met in St. Louis in September, 1820, and appointed five commissioners to select a site for a capitol. The commissioners met in May, 1821, at Cote Sans Desssein, now Barkersville in Callaway county, which contested with the new town of Marion, in Cole county for the honor. The latter was finally selected. St. Charles was the seat of the state government until the completion of the state house in 1826. Jefferson was not incorporated and given its present name until 1825. It was, of course, named in honor of Thomas Jefferson. The question of capitol removal has been submitted to a vote of the people only once, in 1896.—Kansas City Journal. The River's Ravages From Hartsburg Truth.—Wednesday afternoon, the Missouri river commenced to rise, and in the short time of one and one half hours, had risen eight feet. The floating ice and great rush of water tore away between 80 or 100 feet of one of the dykes, and also the pile driver, which was out on the dyke. This is a great loss to the River Improvement company, as the loss will amount to over $500. Work will be resumed as soon as a new pile driver can be secured, which will be about the first of the week. "Johnny," she said, "do you know what became of that cherry pie that was on the second shelf of the pantry"? "Yes, ma'am," he replied. "I ate it, but I had to." "You had to?" exclaimed the astonished mother. "What do you mean"? "The teacher asked yesterday if any of us could tell how many stones there are in a cherry pie, and I couldn't find out without eating the whole pie, could I? There's just one hundred and forty-two." Notice to Correspondents. When you find it impossible for you to send the news regularly from your community after having agreed to do so, kindly notify us and do not have us reserving space for your items weekly and you not sending them. ON CREDIT. $22.90 Free Catalogue CENTURY MFG. CO. EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. Century Steel Range, No. 30-A-18 Has six 8-inch lids, oven 17x21x12, splendid reservoir and warming closed, lined throughout with asbestos, burns anything, best bakers and roasters on earth. Guaranteed 10 years. Weight 475 lbs. Only $22.90. Terms $9.00 cash, balance payment $3.00 a month, no interest. Shipped immediately on receipt of 800.00 dollars. People located in all parts of the World. Cash discount $1.50 on Range. Freight average $1.25 for each 600 miles. Send for free catalogue, but this is the greatest bargain ever offered. We refer to Southern Illinois National Bank. CENTURY • MANUFACTURING • CO. Dept. 910, East St. Louis, IL. The Railroads. WABASH Mrs. Ada Douglass, 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. LADIES COURT. Golden Queen Court No. 19 meets first Friday in each month. Mrs. Annie Williams, M. A. M., Mrs. Lizzie Richardson, Secretary. O. E. S. Amos Chapter, No. 30. Meetings second Friday in each month. Mrs. Bessie Washington, W. M. Mrs. Lizzie Richardson, W. S. ST. PAUL LODGE, NO. 12. 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. Rev. J. B. Parsons, pastor. Preaching Sundays 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesdays 7:30 p. m. 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