The Professional World

THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD. City council convened Tuesday evening, with the new Mayor in the chair and all the councilmen present. Mayor Niedermeyer submitted the following list of new committees. Finance—Benton, Smith, Gray. Streets & Alleys—Stone, Smith, Lewis, Benton. Water & Light—Schwabe, Miller, Gray, Stone. City Property—Crouch, Miller, Schwabe. Ordinances and Printing—Gray, Schwabe, Smith. Claims—Smith, Stone, Benton. Claims—Smith, Stone, Benton. Conley Aid Fund—Miller, Smith, Stone. Board of Health—Crouch, Lewis, Gray, Benton. Petitions for stepping stones across Ripley street in Stephens addition, and for 4-ft. grantoid walk on north side of Lowrey street along lots 8, and 19 in Lowrey's subdivision, were referred to the street committee to be reported on at next meeting of council. An order was made for the street commissioner to grade Maple street and build a bridge over Flat Branch, as petitioned for by Prof. Welch. Councilmen expressed themselves in favor of all street improvements being made at the expense of the abutting property owners. The water and light question was discussed length and all expressed themselves in favor of submitting the question to the people, and as against renewing the contract on present terms. The Water & Light committee was authorized to confer with the present company to ascertain on what terms a new contract could be made for water and light. The appointments of the Mayor as finally confirmed, stand as follows: Night policemen—John White-sidney and T. A. Murry. City police—F. Rothwell. Special police, to serve only when needed on: R. T. Acton, A. B. Waynel, Jas. W. Coleman, Hiltonouch, Temp Berry, Elmer Battera. Driver of fire team—Felix John- Street commissioner—Oscar Mc- car. Weighmaster—James Duncan. The appointment of a fire chief was held over to next meeting. Kansas Wins Debate. Before a small audience in the M. S. U. Auditorium Saturday evening the University debating team met the Kansas team in debate. The question was, "Resolved, That a national law enforcing the arbitration of disputes between employers and employees in railroad and mining industries is desirable." Kansas affirmed,—the speakers being Messrs. Fairchild, Ayers, and Keyser. Missouri's speakers, denying, were Messrs. Potter, Langsdale and Lefler. The judges were Prof. A. O. Lovejoy of Washington University, Hon. Seldon P. Spencer of St. Louis and F. C. McDonald of St. Joseph, who gave the decision to Kansas by a vote of 2 to 1. The speeches were all good, and in the opinions of those present Missouri led in delivery and in argument—but the judges thought otherwise. An informal reception was given the Kansas boys after the debate. Marriage Licenses This Week. Will C. Underhill, Colorado Springs, and Georgia Mary Schwabe, Columbia. William Calvert and Lula P. Robinson, Dear Park. Bride 16, and her mother Sarah Ann Robinson files her consent. Chas. C. Jennings, Centralia, and Ella M. Reed, Callao, Mo. George Spencer, Elk City, Okla., and Ola Roberts, Hallsville, Mo. Edwin Nichols, and Pearl Claypool, Ashland, Mo. Robert L. Hunt, Huntsdale, and Nora Miller of Osage Co. CASH OR CREDIT. Catalogue FREE. CENTURY MF'G CO. COLUMBIA AND JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, FRIDAY APRIL 24. 1903. Over the greater portion of the state the past week has been unseasonably cool with less than the average amount of sunshine. Frost occurred in many localities on the 17th but no damage is reported. In portions of the southern sections the rainfall for the seven days ending with Saturday ranged from 1 to over 2 inches, but elsewhere it was generally light. Showery weather prevailed during Saturday night and Sunday, however, and quite heavy rains fell in some sections. Severe local hail storms occurred in a number of the southern counties on the 12th, and in portions of Ripley, Oregon, Butler and Douglas counties much damage was done to fruit trees, wheat, oats and gardens. The cold cloudy weather has been unfavorable for farming operations, retarding the drying of the soil, which remains cold and heavy, and except in some of the northwestern counties, and in a few favored localities in other sections, little progress has been made with spring work. Plowing for corn has been pushed wherever the weather and soil conditions would permit, but in many of the central and northern counties hardly a furrow has yet been turned. In a few of the southern counties considerable corn has been planted, but as a rule little progress has been made with that work. In a few of the extreme southern counties some corn is up, but looks yellow as a result of the cool weather. Cotton is well under way on the uplands in the extreme southeastern counties. Oat sowing has progressed slowly in the central and northern sections, and in many counties is nearly completed, but in some only a small acreage has yet been sown. In some of the northern counties the acreage will probably be considerably reduced owing to the lateness of the season. The seed is germinating well and oats that are up are making fair progress. Wheat continues in excellent condition as a rule, and grasses have made considerable growth notwithstanding the low temperature. Stock is now being put on pasture in all sections. Gardening and potato planting have progressed slowly, and the growth of vegetables, where up, has been checked by the cool weather. Melons are coming up well in Dunklin county. Very little flax has been sown during the week. Cherries, plums and pears are in bloom in the northern, and apples are in full bloom in the central counties, and it is feared that the cold winds and rains will prevent proper fertilization. In some localities in the central and northern sections seedling peaches are showing many more blooms than was expected. Strawberries continue very promising. THE PEOPLE'S PRAYER In these days of boodle and bribery and corruption the lines of John G. Holland, the poet, become the prayer of the people: "God give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; ri t. e e Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flattering without winking; Tall men, sun crowned, who live above the fog In private duty and in public thinking. For while the rabble with their thumb-worn creeds, Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice sleeps." It will pay you 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. COL. JOHN T. CRISP DIES SUDDENLY. Was Father of the "Jim Crow" Bill--A great admirer of I. E. Page. Kansas City, Mo., April 21 — Col. John T. Crisp of Independence died suddenly at his home this morning of fatty degeneration of the heart. Col. Crisp seemed as well as usual yesterday afternoon. He was about town conversing with friends, but before getting home complained of not feeling well. During the night he awakened and told members of his family that he was suffering from a smothering sensation, a trouble to which he had been subject for many years. After a time he seemed quieter. When one of the family entered his room at 3 o'clock he was found to have passed away. Col. Crisp was born sixty-six years ago on the old Crisp homestead near Chapel Hill, in Lafayette county. He grew up on the farm and attended the famous old college at Chapel Hill, which was the alma mater of many well-known men. He graduated from this institution and also from the state university of Missouri. He early began to take an active part in public affairs, and when Missouri's legislature met at Neosho he was made secretary of the senate. He served in the war of the rebellion under Gen. Shelby in Price's army. At the close of the war, having decided to follow the profession of law, he came to Independence, where he has lived ever since. Soon after he located in Independence he was married to Miss Anna Stone, a daughter of the late N. B. Stone. Mrs. Crisp survives her husband. Their children are Mrs. Haverstick of Philadelphia, Mrs. Gavene of New York city, Miss Ruth Crisp, now in Chicago, and two sons, Napoleon B. and Greenville, who live at home. Col Crisp served as chairman of the state fish commission under Gov. Stone. He represented the 1st district of Jackson county in the house during the last session of the legislature, which recently adjourned; during which time he gained considerable noteriety by his efforts to have enacted what is known as the "Jim Crow" Car law in Missouri, and seemed much more interested in the passage of this bill than any other introduced at the recent session during which time he made many bitter speeches against the negroes and declared that he would not vote for an adjournment of the legislature until such a law had been enacted. A mass meeting of colored citizens was called to appear before the legislature to urge upon members to vote against the enactment of such a law. At this meeting Col. Crisp presided and after listening to the arguments of the distinguished negroes, he rose and announced to them that it was his intention to have such a law enacted and no power on earth could stop him. HIS PECULIAR POSITION The position which Col. Crisp took regarding the "Jim Crow" bill in the recent legislature was a peculiar one, when compared with his former reputation as a member of the legislature. During the administration of Prof. I. E. Page a president of Lincoln Institute, no better friend to the negro could be found among the members of the legislature than Col. Crisp. He was a great admirer of Page and always exerted his energies to secure liberal appropriation for Lincoln Institute. Several years ago a bill was introduced in the legislature providing for the separate coaches for whites and blacks on all railroads in Missouri, and it was reported that Crisp voted for the engrossment of the bill, and the veteran statesman became very indignant over the report, and called on Prof. Page and stated that his friendliness to the negro could never allow him to vote for such a measure. But in the recent legislature he in company with Alonzo Williams of Scott, exerted every means to have such a law enacted. Which position was commented upon by all who formerly knew him. Dicimus Nihil Nisi Bonum. Facts Worth Knowing. Borax-water will not only remove soils and stains from the hands, but will heal all scratches and small hurts. By always adding a little borax to the water in which you wash (enough to make it very soft) your hands will be kept smooth, soft and white. A concentrated solution of tannin, made by dissolving an ounce of freshly made tannin in six drachms of water with the aid of gentle heat, gives immediate relief to soft corns, if applied once or twice a day between the toes after washing. Tannin in powder is not quite so effectual. An admirable cold cream is made by taking the tallow from a sheep's kidneys and frying it out slowly on the back of the stove, adding a little powdered borax and a few drops of spirits of camphor. When cool perfume with rosemary and pour into a jar. The clove, when chewed, temporarily destroys the sense of taste. It is thus sometimes used in medical practice, when very bitter or disagreeable medicine is to be taken. After chewing a clove, any unpleasant taste of cod liver oil, for instance, cannot be perceived. The Bacon Hog. One of the biggest concerns in the United States, located at the Chicago stock yards, says that for bacon hogs it considers the Tamworth most suitable. It thinks hog raisers are not producing any larger percentage of bacon hogs than ten years ago, but admits that there may be a slight increase. The trade calls for hogs of this class at certain seasons, but the demand is not a steady one, and is governed by the English markets. Orange Judd Farmer. Central Racing Circuit. The Central Missouri Racing Circuit is out for business. The program has been issued and $35,200 have been offered in stakes and purses. The meetings included in the programme begin at Moberly July 28th and continue four days. The next week the meeting is at Centralia, the week following at Columbia, and then comes the State Fair at Sedalia, August 17th, an entire week, and following that is the meeting at Higginsville. The classes and purses and stakes have been well selected and well arranged, and the entries to the classes promise to be large. A. C. Dingle, Moberly, Mo., is President and N. D. Robnett, Columbia, Mo., is Secretary, to whom letters should be addressed for information. Salisbury Notes. Mrs. Kittie Garth is seriously ill. Mrs. Ida McAdams is on the sick list. Mrs. Mary Hurt left Sunday for Omaha. The ladies' missionary board meet here Tuesday. Mrs. Robert Harris of Omaha, Nebraska, is visiting here. Rev. Thurman will fill his regular appointments here Sunday. After an extended visit with her friends Miss Lulu Henderson has returned to her home at Omaha. A LOVING CUP. Prof. Peter H. Clark's Many Friends and Admirers Remember Him. It was a beautiful sentiment that prompted a number of ladies and gentlemen to present to Prof. Peter H. Clark a solid silver Loving Cup on the occasion of the seventy-fourth anniversary of his birth. And it was a no less beautiful function, responding to this sentiment, that took place at [the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Farmer, 2724 Morgan street, Friday evening, March 27. The affair was a brilliant one, for on the occasion was assembled some of the most talented men and women of the race. All present seemed to realize that in showing so marked an appreciation for Prof. Peter H. Clark, they were honoring one of the most eminent and beloved men of the race. Mr. and Mrs. Farmer were assisted in receiving the guests by the following ladies and gentlemen: Mesdames Ernestine Nesbit, Ada Cole, Lizzie Kelly, T. A. Curtis, Rosa Mansifee and Miss Levenia Carter, and Messrs. James W. Grant, R. H. Cole, Hutchins Inge, John A. Kelly, E. A. Bouchet and Dr. W. P. Curtis. An excellent program was presented, consisting of introductory remarks by Mr. Farmer, piano solo by Miss Maudella Brown, vocal solo by Miss Mabel Wheeler, vocal solo by Mrs. E. L. Harris. Prof. R. H. Cole made an appropriate presentation speech, at the end of which Mrs. Farmer presented to Prof. Clark, on behalf of his many admiring friends, the solid silver Loving Cup. Mr. Clark was visibly affected by this manifestation of love and esteem. He gave a short sketch of his useful and eventful life, touching here and there on events full of interest and inspiration to the race. He thanked the friends for so exquisite a reminder of their love and appreciation. The Loving Cup was then filled and each one present drank to the health of "Our Distinguished Guest." Light refreshments were served.—The American Eagle. Do You Want a Cut? If so send us your photo and $2 and we will furnish you a cut, guaranteed for twenty years and so return your photo. Important General News. The District Court of Kansas denies an injunction against the insurance companies of Kansas based on the ground that they are violating the antitrust laws. Scientists who have for months conducted an investigation into the nature of cancer assert that the growths are due to chemical changes in the blood and not to a parasite. Plans were made to give President Roosevelt, ex-President Cleveland and other dignitaries strong police protection during their visit to St. Louis for the World's Fair Dedication. Burglars at Lamar, Mo., blow open a safe with nitro-glycerine and escape, liberal use of cayenne pepper on the floor around the wrecked safe making it impossible to use bloodhounds. A great storm which has just closed in Middle Europe has blockaded many trains in Germany and floods are threatened. A high wind causes much damage in Berlin and injury to twenty-one persons. The suspended "minority" of the Red Cross Society at Washington asserts that Miss Clara Barton is 82 years old and therefore too old for the duties of president of the society, though her friends declare that she is only 73 years of age. VOL. II. NO. 25 Lincoln Institute Notes. The prospectus of the Summer school connected with Lincoln Institute will soon be ready for the public. All indications point toward a very successful session. Letters of inquiry are pouring in from all parts of the state, and many teachers and students have stated their intention to enroll for the six week's course, beginning Monday, June 15th. Aside from the regular department work which will be in the hands of specialists, there will be a course of lectures on various subjects from such gentlemen of renown as,Gov. Dockery, on political science; State Superintendent Carrington, on pedagogy; the Rev. Dr. Handy, the Egyptologist, on Egypt, and other historical subjects. Board and lodging can be secured at reasonable rates. Several members of the board of regents recently visited the Institute, carefully inspecting and inquiring into its condition, and recommending such repairs and improvements as they deemed necessary. They unanimously and openly stated that Pres. Allen's administration had been exceedingly practical, eminently successful, and of much value to the best interests of the institution. Vice-Pres. Garnett of the department of Latin delivered the commencement oration and presented the diplomas to the graduates at the closing exercises of the Bunceton High School. Prof. J. Silones-Yates of the department of English has been invited to deliver the Commencement oration to the Alumni Association of Wilberforce university, June 17. The Lincoln Institute Darmatic Association, Mrs. C. Moten, director, gave a very creditable rendition of "The Last Loaf," in Page auditorium, Friday night, April 17th. A large and appreciative audience witnessed the play. Married. Mackey-Childers—April 15th, 1903, Mr. Jeff Mackey and Miss Jenetta Childers, both of Columbia, Rev. P. C. Crews officiating. WABASH 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., Mobberly, Mo. Suits..... made to your ...Measure From $10.00, Up. By the COLUMBIA TAILORING CO., 16, 9th st., COLUMBIA, . . MO. RUFUS L. LOGAN, Editor HARMONY PREVAILS. Landlords Indorse the Proposals of Irish Tenant Farmers. Dublin, April 22. — The Irish landlords and the Irish tenants have united in asking parliament to pass the Wyndham land bill as amended by the Dublin convention. The convention adjourned after having agreed upon all amendments desired. Then Lord Dunraven, Lord Mayo, and Capt. Shawe-Taylor, representing the landlords, met and indorsed the amendments. This, it is asserted, practically assures the passage of the act. Summing up the work of the convention, John Redmond last night issued the following signed statement: "The convention was the most important nationalist assembly held in Ireland during the last hundred years. If its recommendations be substantially carried out by the government the land question will be settled and the whole future of Ireland will be full of hope. "The convention's recommendation will be supported by the members of the land conference and they will be presented to the government as the demands of both landlords and tenants. I have the strongest possible hope that the government will have the wisdom to accept them. "If all goes well, the result will be the absolute end of the land war in Ireland, the union of all classes and creeds in this country, with the inevitable result of the concession, almost immediately, certainly within the lifetime of the present generation, of a system of national self-government. "I congratulate the whole Irish race at home and abroad on the most magnificent result of the labors, sacrifices, and sufferings of the men who have conducted the Irish national movement in the last few years, and who, I hope, will live to see the triumph of their principles. This blessed situation is largely due to the magnificent support we have received from the Irish in America and American public opinion generally. Some of the Amendments T. Peppe summing the waiver day's proceedings last night; "The amendments to the land bill covered demands for more liberal treatment of the congested districts and of the laborers. There was an animated but good humored discussion on the retention of an eighth as a rent charge proposed by Mr. Davitt and myself, the former representing views in favor of the nationalization of the land, while I put forward those of peasant proprietary. Ultimately the resolution was adopted condemning the eighth, but retaining a technical rent charge." One of the most important amendments was that proposed by Michael Devitt, that the principle of he American homesead law be added to the land bill to "safeguard the peasants from the results of improvident borrowing and the operation of land grabbers and land jobbers." Pleas for Evicted Tenants. An amendment of Mr. O'Brien providing for extending financial assistance to the evicted tenants was welcomed, but many of the delegates wished to go further. Patrick Flynn of the Cork branch of the United Irish league, a man of great girth, with a shillelah in one hand and a broad brimmed hat in the other, then mounted the platform. His appearance created laughter. "I did not," said Mr. Flynn, "travel 150 miles to be laughed at." A few seconds later Mr. Flynn held the convention spellbound by the extraordinary eloquence with which he insisted that the present occupier of holdings which formerly belonged to evicted peasants should themselves be evicted. The peasant orator worked up a storm against "grabbers," but Mr O'Brien's move moderate counsels prevailed. Michael Davitt had a long fight against Mr. O'Brien's peasant proprietorship proposals. He maintained that the nationalization of the land was the only method for making Ireland prosperous. When a division was threatened Mr. Redmond effected a compromise, with the result that the convention emphatically indorsed Mr. Davitt's well known theories, but retained Mr. O'Brien's suggestions. A resolution was passed demanding the immediate release of Col. Lynch and Mr. Kilbride, a former member of parliament, and Maj. Jameson and Jasper Tully, members of parliament, were read out of the party for "dereliction of duty and lack of loyalty to the United Irish league." A motion was passed urging Thomas Sexton to return to parliament, and the convention adjourned. NEW CRUISER. Newport News, April 22. — The new cruiser West Virginia was launched this afternoon, Miss Catherine Vaughan, the eldest daughter of Governor White, of West Virginia acting as sponsor. The West Virginia, which is a sister ship to the California and Pennsylvania, is an armored cruiser of fourteen thousand tons displacement. The hull is of steel, 502 feet long, and 69½ feet beam. The horse power is 23,000, indicated to produce a speed of 22 knots. Her complement is 47 officers and 333 seamen and marines. Her battery consists of 4 eight inch breech loading rifles, 14 six inch rapid fire guns, 18 three-inch, 12 three inch, 12 three pounders, 4 one pounder automatic, 4 one pounder rapid fire, 6 colts automatic, 2 machines, and 2 three inch field guns. A street pageant, in which military companies from several Virginia cities and an artillery detachment from Fort Monroe and the officers, marines and sailors of the German cruiser Gazelle participated preceded the launching. German and American Courtesies. A pleasant incident of the day was the exchange of the courtesies between the United States naval officers and the officers and men of the German warship. BANK ROBBERS AT WORK IN EAST GERMANS TO LEARN OUR METHOD An Agreement is Reached in the Strike Against American Bridge and Manhattan Companys Wampum, Pa., April 22.—In a battle following an unsuccessful attempt to rob the First National bank of this place early today, one burglar was killed and Henry Willoughby, a baker, who surprised the thieves while at work, was seriously wounded. Willoughby was passing the bank on the way to work, when he was suddenly confronted by a man who, at the point of a revolver ordered him to throw up his hands and keep quiet. He did so, but in his right hand was a revolver and a moment later both men fired at each other. Emporia, Kans., April 18.—The Allen State Bank at Allen, ten miles north of here, was burglarized early today, the robbers escaping with $2,700. The building was badly damaged by the explosion. The Admire, near Allen, postoffice was broken into and a small amount of money taken. Tel eHad ..... STRIKES ARE OFF. American Bridge and Manhattan Co.'s Reach an Agreement New York, April 22. The iron workers' strike against the American Bridge Co., was settled today at a conference between representatives of the Union and the superintendent of the bridge company. It is understood that the agreement provides that the men return to work upon the conditions prevailing before the strike was declared, and if the representatives of both sides cannot agree on a schedule of hours and wages for the next year, the matter will be referred to arbitration. It is also understood that the Washington, April 22.—Inspection of meatpacking, dairying and other matters relating to agriculture and the marketing of its products is the object of the visit of 40 German scientists, students and large landed proprietors who will arrive in New York on May 2. The party will be met by J. I. Schulte, an expert of the agricultural department here, who will accompany them West. They will go to California, stopping at numerous places on the way, and return via the northern route and sail from New York, on June 24. Particular attention will be paid to Chicago, where two days will be spent by the party studying the conditions at the stock yards and the methods of the great packing-houses and agricultural implement manufacturers. Stops will be made at Elgin, Ill., where the dairying industry will be inspected, also at Wayne, Ill., for the purpose of investigating the methods employed in the horse breeding establishment of Dunham, Fletcher & Coleman. Close attention will be paid in the Northwest to the growing of wheat and other grain and its transportation to market and to beet sugar raising. It is the intention of the delegation to gather much interesting data regard- Baltimore, Md., April 22.—President Roosevelt has sent to Cardinal Gibbons and the cardinal has forwarded by special messenger to Pope Leo XIII a gift to be presented to the pontiff on the celebration of his jubilee. The gift consists of ten handsomely bound volumes containing all the messages and official documents of the presidents of the United States, from Washington to Roosevelt. The gift was intrusted by Cardinal Gibbons to a clergyman who sailed from New York for Naples yesterday on the steamboat Liguria. Autograph letters from the president and Cardinal Gibbons to Pope Leo accompany the gift. Slump in the Stock. New York, April 22.—The shares of the Northern Securities company today broke to 97, a decline of $5% points from last Thursday's quotations, which caused weakness all through the active stock list. A number of standard railway shares, including Pennsylvania and New York Central, made new low records for the present movements. Common report attributed the severe break to heavy selling by the Western clique and prominent local operators. strike will be called off as soon as the bridge company discharges the non-union men now in its employ. Street Railway Agreement After a conference between President Mahon of the National Federation of Street Railway Employees and officials of the Manhattan elevated roads today, it was announced that an agreement had been reached satisfactory to both sides, which would be submitted to a mass meeting of the employees Monday. The agreement provides for an increase of wages, but does not concede the nine hour working day demanded by the men. CULLOM ON LATINS. Urges Closer Relations with Central and South America. Philadelphia, April 22.—Peculiar interest was displayed in the closing session of the Academy of Political and Social science tonight, owing to the importance of the topic of discussion and the prominence of the speakers. Senator Cullom, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, was the presiding officer. He made an impersonation on him as "The Community of Interests of the United States and Latin America." He said in part: "As nations, we can often help ours by helping one another. Our several republics should be one in sympathy, one in disposition to help each other, one in determination to make the three Americas great in the possession of the highest civilization and wield a grand influence for the good of mankind. The movement for closer relations between the several republics will increase from year to year. It has often been said that trade follows the flag. Trade and the flag should go together, and in the interest of the United States and our sister republics, I am anxious to see American ships with the American flag floating over them, anchored in the ports of the south, laden with American products and manufactures for the markets of those countries, and again laden with the products of these countries for the markets of the United States. I hope to see the day very soon when the Americans shall be bound together by lines of ships subsidized, if necessary—and by railroad and telegraph lines, so that the people of all these nations of North Central and South America, can conveniently come and go mingle trade together, to the advantage of all the people of the country shall be railroad to Columbia, as I trust and be believable will, it will, will it mark the beginning of a new era in the growth and prosperity of all the republics in Central and South America, and when the canal shall be completed it will not only be of vast advantage to all the nations of the western hemisphere but also to the peoples of all nations as a great, neutral highway for commerce between the eastern and the western hemispheres." Don Manuel Alvarez Caledron, Peru vian minister to the United States, spoke on the topic "The Position of Peru in South American Affairs." Don M. Veloz Golitica, secretary of the international bureau of American republics, addressed the academy on "The Position of Venezuela in American Affairs." ing agricultural and kindred questions in this country, which will be embodied in a report which will be published in the journal of the German Agricultural society with a view to informing Germans of conditions and progressive methods employed in this country. HORSE THIEVES CAPTURED. Malvern, Ia., April 22—Some time during tuesday night horse thieves stole five head of horses, a fine rubber tire buggy and two sets of carriage harness in the country two miles south of this place. One team, valued at $400, was stolen from M. J. Swain, and the other three animals from Ross Summers, the last three being valued at $150 each. Sheriff Morgan, of Glenwood, by hurried driving and a liberal use of the telephone which covers this part of the state, overtook the men about ten miles east of Council Blues last evening and returned them to the county jail at Glenwood. One of the fellows is a colored man about 35 years old. He gave his name as Charles Smith. The white man is about 19 or 20 years old. He gave his name as Chas, George Stewart. They are strangers here. They did not deny having stolen the animals, but claimed to have been drunk at the time. LOSS ON SHAMROCK. Weymouth. April 22.—Shamrock III is being rapidly overhauled. The destruction of her standing gear was almost complete. Everything above deck must be renewed. Lloyd's agent inspected the damage today. No official estimate of the loss is available but it is thought that $25,000 will cover everything. Shamrock III's mast was secured this evening and it was towed to the harbor. Lipton has received a cablegram from the New York Club offering to postpone the races, but it is understood that he declined the extension offered. After the mast went over Friday, breaking about seven feet from the deck, it broke again with the weight of the water in the sails. Later, when an effort was made to raise it, the mast buckled again and it was finally taken abroad a lighter. It is believed the first break was either in the turn buckles of the main shrouds or in the rigging screws, near the deck. In May, 1901, Shamrock II. met with a similar accident, losing its mast and part of the rigging, missing King Edward, who was a guest of Sir Thomas at the time. STEAMSHIP MINNESOTA GLIDES INTO WATER. She Has Fifty Per Cent More Capacity Than Either the Giant Carriers Cedric and Celtic of the White Star Line—Will Run to the Orient. New London, Conn., April 22.—In the presence of 10,000 spectators the Great Northern steamship company's new steel cargo and passenger steamship Minnesota, was launched at 2:15 this afternoon. The Minnesota is the largest cargo carrier in the world, having a carrying capacity of 28,000 long tons of coal, and 28,000 barrels of flour. This is 50 per cent more than the capacity of either the two giant carriers of the White Star line Cedric and Celtic. The Minnesota's hull is twice as thick as the Battleship Oregon. She is 630 feet long, 75 feet 6 inches wide, 66 feet high to upper deck, 88 feet high to the captain's bridge, 177 feet high to the top of the mast, and has five continuous decks all plated with steel. She will carry 172 first cabin passengers, 110 second cabin, 68 third, and 2,424 steerage, in addition to a crew of 250. Her speed is 14 knots, and, whichever as fast as the passenger steamships of the leading trans-Atlantic lines, she will be by far the swiftest cargo carrier in the Oriental trade. She is the most modern and up to date vessel in every way. Her sister ship Dakota, an exact duplicate of the Minnesota, will be launched in about ten weeks. Miss Clara Hill, daughter of President Hill of the Great Northern company, broke the bottle of wine over the bow as the Minnesota took the initial plunge. A $300,000 PLUM. It Falls Into the Lap of a Discharged Government Clerk. Washington, April 22.—Miss Rebecca J. Taylor, who recently sought unsuccessfully in the district courts to compel her reinstatement as a clerk in the War department from which Secretary Root dismissed her on account of articles published by her sharply criticising the administration's Philippine policy, has received information that she has been left about $300,000 by the death of an uncle in San Francisco Sunday night. The dispatch said she had been left the bulk of her uncle's estate and had been made executrix of the will. She left here for San Francisco Tuesday, but before leaving the city said she would return to Washington in October, when her case will be heard in the court of appeals. In the lower court she appeared in her own behalts and made an argument lasting about two days to the court. YOUNG INSANE MAN'S ESTATE. It is a Subject for Big Legal Fight Between Indiana Father and Other Relatives. Lafayette, Ind., April 22.—Interest in the Moses Fowler Chase case was intensified today by the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Duhme from Cincinnati, and the hourly expected arrival of their nephew in charge of his father and others. On their arrival Judge Hammond announced he had made a will disinheriting his father and giving all his estate of $750,000 to the sister of his mother, Mrs. Duhme and that this is what is at stake in the contention of Mrs. Duhme for the guardianship in place of the father. In the meantime other attorneys of the father, Frederick S. Chase, charge that Moses became insane while in charge of the Duhmes at Cincinnati. The Duhmes say Moses was not in sane when they left him at a resort in France, but that his trouble has come since the detectives and attorneys of the father recently got possession of the young man. Young Chase arrived here at 1 this afternoon in company with his father. He declared piteously he was not crazy, and pleaded to be taken to his aunt, Mrs. Duhme. His father and attorney escorted him to a law office. BOYCOTTED CHEESE New York, April 22.—Wisconsin and other Western cheesemakers are to benefit to the extent of hundreds of thousands of dollars by reason of the fight that is on between the New York Liquor Dealers' association and the farmers in New York state. The immediate issue of the fight is the boycotting of New York cheese producers and the buying exclusively from Western dealers, chiefly in Wisconsin. H, Fried, importer and exporter of cheese says: "Wisconsin cheese sells in New York City from 13 to $14½ cents per pound, which is no more than the cost of the same article produced in New York state. 'Lie farmers of Wisconsin have better facilities for the production of cheese than our farmers, and can sell so cheaply that, even with the addition of the cost of freight, Wisconsin has always been able to compete with New York for this trade. If the Liquor Dealers' association means to put up a hard fight it will mean hundreds of thousands of dollars to Wisconsin cheese producers,' Big Illinois Trolley Line. Monmouti, Ill., April 22.—The Illinois Union Traction railway company was organized here. Capital stock $500,000. The incorporators are P. E. Elting of Macomb, W. H. Beaver of Abingdon, John W. Andrews of New York, and W. W. McCullough, W. B. Young, and S. S. Hallam of this city The company will at once begin the construction of an electric railway system over all this section of Illinois. Monmouti is to be the hub of the system. OCEAN TO OCEAN Ambitious Project for Boulevard Advocated by Doane of Omaha. Washington, April 22.—A movement is under way for the construction by congress of a well-graded macadam boulevard thirty feet wide stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. Promoters are now actively at work in a score of states. G. Russell Doane of Omaha, who is here in behalf of the project, says it is the intention to build a highway over which the fastest auto mobile can make its best speed. AN INSULT TO THE UNITED STATES IS ATONED FOR WOULD FREE SMUGGLERS Cabinet Members Offer Protection KNOX ISSUES ORDERS The Attorney General Influenced by Recommendations from Moody and Payne ARMY OFFICERS ACCUSED Washington Very Much Interested Because of the Implication of Many Prominent Officials San Juan, Porto Rico, April 22.—The grand jury yesterday called many witnesses in the smuggling cases in which officers of the United States navy and other prominent men are involved. It also secured from the court commissioner who presided at the former hearings a copy of the testimony taken at that time. The prisoners who are confined in the penitentiary for smuggling have presented a petition requesting that they be pardoned and released unless others guilty of the same offenses are punished. District Attorney Pettingill has issued a statement regarding the intervention of the Washington authorities in the smuggling cases. "It has been current rumor," says he, that the defendants have made strenuous efforts to settle with the treasury. The authority to make a settlement in these cases is claimed under section 376 of the statutes, and Mr. Olney, when attorney general, decided that he had such authority. The latest instructions received from Attorney General Knox by cable April 13, were as follows: "Dismiss the pending proceedings in the smuggling cases and present no new cases to the grand jury unless otherwise directed. Hereafter report fully by mail on the nature and status of the said cases." "While I did not advise the course which is being pursued," continues Mr. Pettingigl, "it is not for me to criticize the action of a superior. It will be observed that Mr. Knox's cable does not finally dispose of the cases. The actual effect of the instructions is to carry the cases over the term for such other disposition as may seem proper then." Two more officials were arrested at Mayaguez during yesterday in connection with the municipal frauds there. The bail of Superintendent of Pub. c Works Baer of Mayaguez, charged with frauds amounting from $10,000 to $20,000, has been fixed at $35,000. Bondsmen were not secured. ORDERS FROM KNOX. The Attorney General Blocks the Cause of Justice. Washington, April 22.—The report from San Juan that the department of justice had taken a hand in the case of certain persons charged with having smuggled large quantities of wines, liquors and cigars into Porto Rico from adjacent islands was confirmed in an official statement given out by Attorney General Knox. The attorney general said he had ordered prosecution stopped in one case in AN INSULT TO THE STATES Washington, D. C., April 22.—In the German series of diplomatic exchanges appearing in the volume of foreign relations soon to be issued by the state department, is correspondence arising out of an insult offered the shield hanging over the entrance to the United States consulate at Bamburg, Bavaria. The reports of Commercial Agent Bardell show that at night, some time last June, an insult was offered the shield and a rock was thrown through the window of the consulate. Mr. Bardell's reports state that he at once notified the first mayor, who expressed deep regret and took steps looking to the apprehension of the culprit. On the following day the second mayor called in state carriage and in full dress, and personally expressed deep regret at the occurrence. Subsequently the municipal authorities offered a reward for the perpetrators. Expressions of regret also came from the German foreign office. A new shield was admitted duty free, and when it was placed over the consulate at Bamburg the city authorities turned out in honor of the event. Mr. Bardell, in reporting the closing of the incident to the state department, said the mayor and his assistant, five members of the magistrat, the secretary of the magistrat, and the secretary of the board of trade all in view of the fact that the person accused had paid to the government an amount equal to double the duties alleged to have been due on the goods in question. This was one under the discretionary power vested in him by law. It is understood, however, that this power does not apply to the cases of the other persons under accusation and that the Porto Rican grand jury will proceed with investigation of case and if the facts warrant bringing in indictments against the accused in accordance with the instructions of the trial judge, who has informed the jury that it was to pay no attention to requests or threats from any quarter. Washington is very much interested in the scandal, as it is generally understood that several prominent army and navy officers and officials of the insular civil government are concerned. The questions involved were of sufficient importance to warrant a special investigation of the circumstances by Secretary Moody and Postmaster General Payne during the recent trip of these officials to the Caribbean sea. Their report practically admits that large quantities of goods have been taken into Porto Rico free of duty, but it recommends that prosecution be not carried out because these goods were for the personal use of the officials concerned and were not disposed of to others for profit. Attorney General Knox was undoubtedly influenced by this recommendation in ordering a suspension of prosecution. One peculiarity of the case is the utter inability of the cabinet officials or anybody who might be supposed to be in a position to know the facts to recall the names of the men accused of smuggling. This is so marked, in fact, that there are those who are unkind enough to say that it is unwillingness on the part of the officials to talk about the affair. It is known, however, that men high in army and navy circles stationed at Porto Rico during the last year or more, as well as high officials of the Hunt government, were concerned, which accounts for the reticence of administration officials and the willingness, not to say eagerness, with which the attorney general seized upon a slight pretext to relieve one of the accused of the necessity of proving his innocence. The scandal growing out of the smuggling of goods into Porto Rico is of long standing, having first come to light several months ago. Certain American officials in the island adopted the practice of sending to one of the West Indian islands for the supply of liquors and similar luxuries which they used on the tables of their clubs and private houses in San Juan and elsewhere. These things were transported to Porto Rico in a enment vessel and thus entered the island without the payment of duty. It is said that this practice was cried on for a considerable period which resulted in a great saving to the private purses of the officials question and consequent detriment of the insular revenues. Just who all of the officials concerned were is not positively known, but it is reported that they include Rear Admiral Yates Sterling, formerly commandant of the San Juan navy yard; Commander George M. Mentz, U. S. N., in charge of the island lighthouse service; an army officer named Lewis and another officer who was steward of a well known club in Porto Rico and Benjamin F. Butler, police commissioner of the island until he was arrested. Mentz and Butler are now under bond for trial. These and other officials were in the habit of cruising about the waters about Porto Rico on government vessels, and on their various trips would touch at ports in Cuba and other islands, where they would take on board quantities of liquor, which was taken to Porto Rico and dispensed from clubs and the officials' quarters. The fact that it was generally used in dispensing hospitality is considered by members of the cabinet to be a strong point in favor of the offenders, and on this circumstance largely is based their favorable report. The idea of a party of cabinet officials on a junketing trip constituting a committee of investigation and taking upon themselves the liberty of exonerating certain persons accused of smuggling and the interference by the department of justice in behalf of certain of the accused is believed to be for the purpose of screening some of the highest officials now or formerly in Porto Rico. full dress, walked in solemn procession from the rothus to the United States commercial agency. When the procession reached a point within about 50 feet of the house, a police officer in gala uniform carried the new coat of arms up a ladder to its new resting place, and, everything having been properly prepared beforehand, had the shield in position so it could be, and was, saluted by every gentleman in the cortege lifting his hat. Mr. Bardell says he then received the officials in the consular rooms, when the mayor again expressed profound regret and promised that nothing would be left undone to bring to justice the miscreants. BROKE THE LAW. Attorney General McCarter, of New Jersey, Fined for Violating Automobile Speed Regulation. Newark, N. J., April 22. — The first victim of New Jersey's new law regulating the speed of automobiles is Attorney General Thomas N. McCarter. The attorney general was incensed when Justice of the Peace Cook, in Madison, refused to heed his plea of not guilty, and said he believed the policeman who was the prosecuting witness, and who said the attorney general had exceeded the speed limit. "I refuse to pay this fine of $27.60," said Attorney General McCarter, "and shall take an appeal." Later he decided not to prosecute the appeal and paid the fine. The Professional World RUFUS L. LOGAN, B. S. D. - EDITOR TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 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 Colum- umbia, 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 in- sertion in the current issue. No attention will be paid to anonymous com- munifications. Agents wanted everywhere. Write for terms. Specimen copies sent to any address upon request. PRESS OF THE MISSOURI STATESMAN Our thanks are due Messrs, R. O. Bass of Deer Park, and Mr. James Scott of Columbia, for subscriptions. We are in receipt of an invitation to be present and to take part in Chautauqua Assembly exercises at Quindara, Kan., May 25th, 1903. We consider the move a great one. A few spare hours spent nailing on pickets and cleaning up your back yard will greatly improve the looks of your property and make it a much more beautiful place to live. The disgraceful manner in which innocent women and children were frightened and driven from their homes in Joplin last week, to say the least deserves the condemnation of all respectable citizens. Mob law is getting as common in Missouri as in the extreme southern states. THE Cole county grand jury might ask the Board of Regents of Lincoln Institute a few questions—just for fun, while they are in session. They might at least find out why five incompetent white men are employed there to do what hundreds of negroes in this state can do. LIEUT. Gov. John A. Lee stated recently that men who accepted boodle or offered boodle in order to secure certain legislation, were not at home outside the penitentiary. No one thought at that time that the president of the senate was so far away from home as he now seems to be. The Joplin Disgrace. During the past week a tramp negro killed a white officer in the city of Joplin. In return a large mob was organized and vengeance was wrought on the colored population of that city by the wholesale. Negroes were driven from their homes, their houses burned and they were forced to leave the city on short notice. The actions of the mob were beyond the control of the police force and a special set of five hundred men had to be sworn in to protect the blacks from total annihilation. The raid wound up by hanging the offending negro to a tree. This last, though horrible in itself, was the least digraceful part of the whole plot. The act of making all the innocent colored people in the town suffer for the deeds of one wandering, irresponsible wretch, sounds too unreasonable for belief.—Jefferson City Tribune. Auxvasse News. President E. L. Scruggs, of Western college, Macon, Mo., was with us on the 19th, and preached to a large crowd. Rev. Scruggs is an eloquent speaker and all were much benefitted who heard him. The farmers are preparing for their crops. Columbia News. Mrs. Bessie Washington left Tuesday for Hannibal. Mr. William Steverson arrived from St. Louis yesterday. Mr. William Holmesley returned from Kansas City Tuesday. Revs. Bryant and Oakes were present at the quarterly meeting. Mr. William Foster, of New York City, is visiting his family this week. Mrs. J. E. Perry left Tuesday for an extended visit to her mother in Springfield, Mo. Miss Bettie Scott, who has been attending college in Sedalia, is visiting relatives in the city. The A. M. E. Church gave a concert Tuesday evening under the direction of Miss Eva Estes. Misses Annie Mae Fisher, Eva Estes, Dora Woods and Maggie Williams attended the exhibition of the public school at Centralia Saturday. Revs. Crews, Bryant and Oakes met at Centralia Wednesday to arrange a program for district conference and Sunday School convention, for Columbia presiding elder's district. 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. Schools and Teachers. Prof. J. B. Coleman has been re-elected principal of the Columbia school. Prof. J. H. Williams has closed another successful year's work at Centralia. Prof. J. M. Rutledge, formerly professor of mathematics at Lincoln Institute, is reported quite sick. Students of Walter Vrooman's socialistic school at Trenton, Mo., have brought suit for breach of contract, because the institution is about to be moved to Chicago. A Request. We will consider it a great favor if our readers will patronize the merchants whose advertisements they see in this paper. DIED—In Columbia at the residence of her mother, Mrs. Ophelia Norris, April 13th, 1903, Mrs. Henrietta Maupin, after an illness of three months. She leaves five sisters and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her death. The family extends their heartfelt thanks for the assistance of friends during their bereavement. Notice. Persons writing me after April 26th, will please address my mail to Columbia instead of Huntsville. R. L. LOGAN. That Court House Vote. A subscriber asks the Statesman how many votes the recent Court House proposition lacked of receiving the necessary two-thirds majority. There are some who figure it out with a different result; but here is the way the Statesman figures it, (the total vote cast being 4463): Two-thirds of that vote 2.975 Two-thirds of that vote ..... 2,975% Vote for the proposition ..... 2,733 _____ We lacked the difference ..... 242% Circus Next Month. Lemon Bros'. Pan-American circus will again visit Columbia Monday, May 11. It will probably arrive here Sunday morning, the 10th. The show has been here and is a very good one, though not so large as its name would indicate. STATE OF OHIO, City of Toledo, ss. Lucas County. FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of HALL's CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D., 1886. A. W. 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Precably no department of the mail service has been the recipient of more attention at the hands of postal expert than the one working in operation on the railroad lines of the country. With the gradual increase in the time schedule of transportation within the last fifty years there has been a corresponding improvement on the part of the Postal Department in the equipment of this all-important factor of the great system. The most interesting feature of this system of receiving and transmitting mail is to be seen in the interior of a railroad mail car. To the curiously inclined passenger who has arrived at the Union Station ten or fifteen minutes before train No. 5 of the Iron Mountain Route pulls out on its nightly run to Texas and the South, the two mail cars at the front of the long train are often a matter of interesting study, and at the same time of vague and uncertain speculation. Appointments Received Through Civil Service Department. The mail clerk receives his apointment through the Civil Service Department at Washington. After the formality of satisfying the "powers that be" has been gone through with, the applicant is put through a mental examination in such grammar-school studies as arithmetic, geography, writing, composition and spelling. If he has succeeded in obtaining an average of 70 per cent or higher in examination, his name is placed on the list of eligibles. Selections are made from this list to fill vacancies. Let us suppose that our mall clerk whom we are to accompany on his first night run is a young man from the country. He has received his second yellow envelope from the department. The first told him of his success in becoming an eligible. This one orders him Dry Smoke a Cure for Insomnia A man of this city who declares he has no possible interest in a pipe factory, enthusiastically recommends a dry smoke as a cure for insomnia. "The method is the simplest," he says, "and has the merit of possessing two rare qualities—it is absolutely harmless and without expense—that is, to those who possess a pipe, and few men do not, while to non-smokers or to those who prefer the weed the expenditure of 5 cents is necessary with which to procure a wooden pipe, as the pipe used upon this occasion must be wooden and curved, straight won't do. The meerschaum, too, is tabooed as a means of inducing somnolence, owing to its breakable qualities. The pipe secured and the sufferer retired for the night, having previously removed anything that suggests pillows, he must lie flat upon his back and puff steadily at the empty pipe, which will nine times out of ten produce drowsiness and achieve the desired result—sound sleep. One very essential thing that must be adhered to is deep breathing, as though the fumes of an importation were being inhaled, and the expelling motions must be made deliberately and with half-closed mouth, so as not A Brilliant Example. At a dinner that the Transportation club of New York gave recently in honor of J. Pierpont Morgan, Charles H. Cramp, of the big Philadelphia ship-building firm, said, in reference to a financial fight that was under discussion: "The way the first party accuses the second, refusing to take to itself any of the blame that rightfully belongs to it, reminds me of a story of two Scots, which one of the teachers at the Philadelphia Boys' high school told in my boyhood. "These men were Canadians. They had emigrated from the land of kall at about the same time. They used to met once or twice a year and talk about home. "One day the first asked the second how long he had been in Canada. "'About sax years,' was the reply. "'Hoot, mon!' exclaimed the first. Then in a patronizing voice: 'Why hae ye na lost yer accent, like myself!'?" to report for duty to the chief mail clerk on train No. 5 of the Iron Mountain Route. No particular uniform is necessary in the new field of labor on which he is entering. Nor is any previous experience in railroad mail service required. What our new man needs most of all in his new vocation is a good pair of eyes, a strong, steady nerve, plenty of endurance, and an ordinary amount of well developed brain tissue. Our new clerk proceeds to the mail car, his breast heaving the while with various emotions. The sensation from some points of view is of the pleasant order. From other points of view the feelings excited are too much akin to anxiety to admit of pleasant reflection. Why the Car is Coupled to the Engine. The car is soon found, coupled to the tender of the engine. This is in itself a significant fact, inasmuch as it is a way the railroad company has of protecting the rest of the train in case of a head-on collision. In other words, it is a case where the lives of the few are to be sacrificed for the many. Our new clerk has met with his first surprise, and one tinged with just the least bit of foreboding. The chief clerk has been sought and found. The formality of the handshake may be indulged in while mutual introductions are being exchanged. Then, again, the formality may be waived, with a quick nod and a "Howdy?" The new man is put to work, placing stanchions and setting up the rack which holds the open mail bags. The bustle about him soon makes him realize that he is now in quite a different atmosphere from that of hurrying passengers and comfortably cushioned seats. Men outside pile in the bags of mail from the sation. Those marked "straight" or "through" are put aside, as they are not to be opened on the train. Most of those thrown in however, are bags of "working mail," and it is on those that the clerks will soon begin. Our new clerk arranges the heavy sacks in their proper places in the car. Finally there is much hurrying to and fro on the platform. The last "drop" from the office arrives. The last sack is flung in the open doorway of the mail car. A far-away gong to displace the stem of the pipe, as this would detract the mind from its object—sleep. This may not present a very interesting picture, but if adhered to the patient will undoubtedly find relief from insomnia in the puffs, ranging from 60 to a 100 counts. Should the victim be capable of great concentration of thought he may convert the otherwise mechanical situation into a more picturesque one by imagining volumes of smoke, which need not necessarily be inspired with the spirit of a pipe dream. And those who prefer the weed and would upon all other occasions scorn the pipe, will be helped by courting the "puffs."—Washington Post. "Yis, ser," said the old apple woman. "thim apples is two fur 5 cintis, sor." "Gie me three for five," said the old man. "and I'll take them." "Well, O! well, an 'how comes it ye're 'way over here so far away from Wall street, Mr Sage?' —Philadelphia Press." Four-fifths of the people of the southern states live on farms, but not one-third of the land is being tilled, says Hoke Smith. clangs the warning double stroke. "All aboard!" echoes and re-echoes among the lofty steel arches of the station. The conductor flings high his lantern, and our clerk is off on his first trip in a mail car. Work of the Experienced Men. Inside the car the older clerks have quietly settled down to their usual task of deciphering thousands of different handwritings and placing the letters, one by one, in their proper boxes. As soon as a box is filled the letters are removed and formed into neat bundles—all this before the first junction is reached. As the new clerk stands amazed at the various acrobatic feats executed in this process, he begins to understand why mail clerks have thin faces and carry such a preoccupied air. Like so many human automatons, the clerks are now veritably devouring the mass of mail before them. Their movements, lightning-like in their rapidity, yet always accompanied by that same unerring accuracy, are truly a revelation to the uninitiated clerk as he gazes on the scene with wonder and awe depicted on his count enance, while the dizzy swaying and pitching of the train and the dull, angry roar of the pounding drivers of the nengine, not twenty feet away, add to the strangeness of the sensation. The powerful engine is responding fiercely now to the 200 pounds of steam let through the wide-open throttle, into its great double cylinders, and the long train is being whirled along at the rate of sixty miles an hour. And still those flying hands are wading through the long rows of letters. Suddenly a quick blast of the engine's whistle arouses the clerk and directs his attention to the most exciting feature of the night's run. The local clerk is about to exchange mail pouches at the flag station while the train is running at full speed. He has already prepared and locked a catcher pouch, and at the sound of the whistle he spring to the door, takes a quick look ahead through the narrow glass window and at what he judges to be the right moment, flings the pouch far out on the station platform. The next instant he lifts the arm of the receiving apparatus attached to the doorway of the car, and with a sharp report like a pistol shot, the A remarkable instance of the rapid extinction of an Indian tribe is that of the Pawness, who were removed to Oklahoma from Nebraska in 1876. At the time of their removal from Nebraska the tribe numbered 2,500 souls. Today there are less than 500. The Pawness were given exceptionally good allotments in Oklahoma. The climate is practically the same as that of their former home, and in fact everything has been done by the government to promote their welfare and happiness. For some unaccountable reason they have sickened and died, until the day is not far distant when the Pawnee tribe will be extinct. The mortality among them has been growing steadily greater year by year. In 1882, six years after their removal through death to 940, and the census of 1900 showed but 600 living Pawness. A recent, though unofficial census indicates that less than 500 descendants of the original 2,500 removed from Nebraska exist today. The children appear rugged, but after passing their 25th birthday an unaccountable mala dy attacks them and they gradually waste away, death overtaking them in their prime. Scientists and professionals al men generally of the Indian department have not as yet been able to ascertain what Nemesis pursues the rugged Pawnee after his 25th birthday is reached. The lady mayorex of London can appoint maids of honor and a train-bearer, and she has her own private state carriage and four. At the lord mayor's procession, if she comes direct from her country residence, a guard of honor is sent to meet her and to escort her to join in the pageant. The lady mayorex of York can retain the prefix of "lady" before her surname for the remainder of her life. The production of wheat per acre in Canada is double that in the United States. pouch is snatched from the crane close to the track. Pouch Hurriedly Emptied and Its Contents Distributed. The pouch is then hauled into the car, unlocked, emptied, and its contents distributed. Before the whistle sounds again, the clerk has another ready to fling out into the darkness, and the same operation is repeated with the catcher arm. Thus the night wears on. Our new clerk has held out as long as tired nature can in the fact of the trying experience through which he has already been compelled to pass, and as the early dawn finds the train rushing through the Arkansas lowlands our mail clerk lies down to sleep, as only the exhausted can sleep. His couch is made of the unyielding surfaces of piled-up mail pouches. The work of the regular crew goes wearily on. At noon they unload the result of the trip's work in the shape of thousands of pounds of pouches and sacks containing mail made up to cities and railroad lines all over the great state of Texas. They have spent about nineteen hours in work that is strenuous in all that the term implies, with scarcely any food or stimulant, save generous draughts of strong coffee, to keep tired nature from nodding off even over the filling sacks. They rest now till midnight again, when, re-enforced with a hearty meal, they begin the return trip, collecting mail and preparing it to be handled by the lines running north, east and west from St. Louis. The question has often been asked as to why the Government requires its postal employees to work so many hours in succession. No one can answer that question better than the employee himself. On a through line there is no other way out of the difficulty. The run, once entered upon, could hardly be completed by another crew, except with very great difficulty. In return, the mail clerk asks for a long rest between trips, and this the Government willingly grants. With a Loud Report, the Pouch is Snatched From the Crane and Haul-ed into the Car, to Be Emptied and Its Contents Distributed. Flattery is the salve that our egotism offers to our vanity. A Recently Invented Trolley Wagon ROBABLY not half as much objection has been raised to the setting of poles to support the trolley wires as to the laying of tracks over which the cars are to run, farmers especially seeming to have a grudge against the tearing up of the roads for this purpose. in spite of the fact that they generally utilize the rails to haul their heavy loads of produce when once in place. Now a Boston man has come to the conclusion that if he can get the right of way to set the poles over which to transmit the electric current he can manage to do without the rails; in fact, he will put a motor on any old wagon and turn the horse out to grass or ship him abroad to be eaten. One use of the rails in a trolley system is to convey the return current, after it leaves the motors of the car, but by using a double wire the inventor does away with this need for the rails, drawing the power from one wire and returning it through the other after it has served its purpose on his wagon or car. The usual trolley pole supports the contact devices, which, in this case, comprise a pair of wheels mounted on a lazy-tongs mechanism. A Rich Reward. Caroline Earle White, the president of the Women's Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, distributes three costly medals every year to the three men who have done the kindest, bravest deeds in animals' behalf during the twelvemonth. Mrs. White makes a brief address at these distributions, and what she says is always interesting. At a recent distribution she told a story. "There is a certain S. P. C. A. in France," she said. "Men visit it each year to apply for the medal it gives annually. Its president is a joker. "One day a peasant came to this association and laid claim to the medal. "What," said the president, have you done to deserve it?" "Then,' said the president, 'you need no medal, for you are already sufficiently rewarded.'" MITCHELL TALKS FOR LABOR The report of the anthracite coal strike commission is, on the whole, fair and just to the men and the organization I represent. I feel a great degree of satisfaction in the fact that our position has been sustained. The award of the commission has increased wages, shortened hours, and effected a general improvement in the conditions of employment. True, we did not get all we asked for; but it was not reasonable to expect that the commission would grant every one of our demands. We had never supposed that in any final settlement, either by direct negotiation or arbitration, we should win at all points. Nevertheless, under this award the anthracite mine workers will receive a greater measure of justice than was ever before accorded them. A fact of deep significance in this connection is that the army of workers in that field were never able to secure a proper hearing until they had organized. Not until they formed a union were they able to have their case so presented that the public could pass judgment upon its merits. A demand for labor reform is like a demand for any other reform—it can not win unless it is justifiable and is supported by public opinion. We were not able to induce the employers to take up the case on its merits; but the American people did so take it up, and they compelled the method of settlement which has led to such whole some results. Let me say at the outset, and with all possible emphasis, that I am in full accord with the commission in its condemnation of violence and intimidation. Some of these evils are pernaps inevitable in any great labor struggle, but I have always maintained that the worst enemy of our cause is the man who resorts to lawlessness. Over and above the increase of wages and shortening of hours, of paramount importance is that feature of the award which directs that when grievances cannot be settled by direct negotiation between employees and men, they shall be referred to a joint board of conciliation or arbitration. That is the very thing I have always contended for. It is one of the cardinal principles of the United mine workers. Faithful observance by both operators and miners of the award of the commission will, in my judgment, secure many, many years of industrial peace in the anthracite region. This may be called a bowing to the law; and so far as we are concerned we should have abided by the verdict of the commission, in good faith, if its award had been against us instead of in our favor. It is more than likely that at the end of the three years for which this award is made one side or the other, or both, may want some changes in the wage scale. Such changes should be arranged through joint conference, and a new agreement for a term of years entered upon. I am aware that many men who are friendly to organized labor as a matter of principle, still fear that trades unionism may become tyrannical and oppressive. But they should not judge by isolated instances or petty annoyances. Trades unionism has done great work in taking children out of factories, in raising the age limit, in securing compulsory education and other reforms. It has done more than any other agency to lift up the standard of labor and of comfort. The fear that the rise of trades unionism will become a menace to society, to government or to social order is utterly fallacious. Unions are a part of the people of the United States—the patriotic, industrious people. As a labor man I say that the stronger they grow the more conservative they become. This tendency, I hope and believe, will continue indefinitely. The best friends of organized labor are those who believe and who teach that it can thrive only by being right, by being moderate and just, and by feeling and meeting its responsibility as one of the great forces of our citizenship and industrialism.—John Mitchell in Collier's Weekly. A man will promise his wife almost anything in public if it will only keep her from calling him stingy before his friends. with a spring to maintain the pressure on both wires. It is an easy matter to provide for the steering of the vehicle, and with the good roads we are promised in the near future what is to hinder the farmer from coming to Car Travels Over An Ordinary Road. town by trolley with his load of produce, instead of making his team haul the heavy load? Car Travels Over An Ordinary Road. town by trolley with his load of produce, instead of making his team haul the heavy load? The Story of the Foolish Frog From the Japanese Once upon a time in the country of Japan there lived two frogs, one of whom made his home in a ditch near the town of Osaka, on the sea coast, while the other dwelt in a clear little stream which ran through the city of Kioto. At such a great distance apart they had never even heard of each other; but, funnily enough, the idea came into both their heads at once that they should like to see a little of the world, and the frog who lived at Kioto wanted to visit Osaka, and the frog who lived at Osaka wanted to go to Kioto, where the great Mikado had his palace. So one fine morning in the spring they both set out along the road that led from Kioto to Osaka one from one end and the other from the other. The journey was more tiring than they expected, for they did not know much about traveling, and half way between the two towns there arose a mountain that had to be climbed. It took them a long time and a great many hops to reach the top, but there they were at last, and what was the surprise of each to see another frog before him! They loked at each other for a moment without speaking, and then fell into conversation, explaining the cause of their meeting so far from their homes. It was delightful to find that they both had the same wish—to learn a little more of their native country—and as there was no hurry, they stretched themselves out in a cool, damp place and agreed that they would have a good rest before they parted to go their ways. "What a pity we are not bigger," said the Osaka frog; "for then we could see both towns from here, and tell it is worth our while going on." "Oh, that is easily managed," returned the Kioto frog. "We have only got to stand up on our hind legs and hold on to each other, and then we can each look at the town he is traveling to." This idea pleased the Osaka frog so much that he at once jumped up and put his front paws on the shoulders of his friend, who had risen also. There they both stood, stretching themselves as high as they could, and holding each other tightly, so that they might not fall down. The Kioto frog turned his nose toward Osaka, and the Osaka frog turned his nose towards Kioto; but the foolish things forgot that when they stood up their great eyes lay in the backs of their heads, and that, though their noses might point to the places to which they wanted to go, their eyes beheld the places from which they had come. "Dear, me!" cried the Osaka frog, "Kioto is exactly like Osaka. It is certainly not worth such a long journey. I shall go home!" "If I had any idea that Osaka was only a copy of Kioto I should never have traveled all this way." exclaimed the frog from Kioto, and as he spoke he took his hands from his friend's shoulders, and they both fell down on the grass. Then they took a polite farewell of each other, and set off for their home again, and to the end of their lives they believed that Osaka and Kioto, which are as different to look at as two towns can be, were as like as two peas. WOMEN AS LETTER CARRIERS. The government has, generally speaking, not been very liberal to women in its employment of clerks. But within the past few months the women of the country districts of the United States have found a new occupation in the government service. Some hundreds of them all over the country have been appointed rural letter carriers, and the reports of the department show that the women have done wonderfully well in their new occupation. Many female letter carriers have of late passed the civil service examinations. There is lots of opportunity for exercise in the open air and under the rules of the appointment of rural carriers, one has the right, after she is appointed, to do the work or employ a substitute when she is incapacitated by the weather or sickness. How nice it must be to hear gentle female steps approaching one's door with welcome letters. And the department officials say that women make very good rural carriers, and do not lose time gossiping when delivering them all, as one would suppose, and that the innate love of gadding about and visiting their friends to see what is going on makes a female like the work and forget the drudgery. We are, indeed, passing rapidly into the age of woman. We have had the bronze age and the stone age and the coal age and others quite like them, so it is not out of the ordinary to have the woman's age. A woman lawyer defended some burglaries a few days ago and women truck drivers got through a mob at St. Louis some time ago. In Kansas they have woman officials in some counties and a woman elsewhere was a bunco woman, and women are running racing stables. There are women ball players and there is a woman cowboy in Texas and women farmers without number. And the list could be continued. Let the work go on. Perhaps the day will come when men can stay at home and the women earn the living. We would then have a barrel of fun—Cincinnati Tribune. A Dublin, Ireland, workman has produced a novelty in the shape of a kettle, cup, saucer and made out of a farthing. He hammered the bronze coin till he had obtained a very thin sheet of metal, from which he fashioned a complete workable kettle, with a swing handle, removable lid, etc., together with a cup, saucer and spoon. He can boll water in the miniature utensil and pour it through the spout. The weight of the kettle, cup, saucer and spoon is 40 grains. The weight of a farthing is 48 grains.