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Over $80 was realized. Thanksgiving day was generally observed. All the churches had entertainments. Mrs. Mary Robinson, of Rocheport, spent Saturday and Sunday in Columbia with friends. Mrs. Rosa Marshal spent Thanksgiving in Jefferson City, and was the guest of Mrs. A. B. Moore. Rev. H. G. Gregory and family have moved into Miss Mary Lamme's house, at 601 Park ave. Miss Mildred Williams, of Lincoln Institute, spent the Thanksgiving holidays with her parents. Patronize the merchants whose ads, you see in these columns. They are the ones who appreciate the colored trade. Mr. Walter Smith and Miss Mary Griffin, both of Rocheport, were married in Columbia last week by Rev. P. C. Crews. Those on the sick list are Mesdames. Alice Williams, Jefferson Waldon, Misses Minnie Bell, Mayme Harris and Annie Mae Fisher. Do you want your cut to appear in the Xmas issue of the Professional World? New Bloomfield News. If your subscription has expired send us $1.00 for renewal. Mrs. J. W. Reese, of Fulton, spent Thanksgiving with her parents here. Mr. Arthur Hill, of Fulton, spent Thanksgiving with his parents here. Prin. R. L. Logan, of Huntsville, surprised his parents by coming home to spend Thanksgiving day. Miss Lyda Jones and mother, Mrs. Cassie Hams, of Centralia are visiting Mr. and Mr. Warren Kinney. Miss E. J. Foster and Mr. John Franklin, of Tibbetts, attended the entertainment given at the M. E. church Thanksgiving evening. Mrs. S. M. Bradley, of Auxvasse, accompanied by Miss Mayme Wood, teacher of the school in our neighborhood, spent several days here visiting parents and other relatives last week. Old Catalogues Wanted. Any one having or knowing the whereabouts of any of the catalogues of Lincoln Institute, issued between the years of '79 and '80 will please inform the editor of this paper. Rev. J. W. Fitts is quite sick, also Miss Nannie Ray. Mr. Martin Gillis was in town Sunday visiting friends. Mrs. Luella Jackson and son has gone to California, Mo., to make a short visit. Mrs. M. A. Stanton has been ill for the past two weeks, but is convalescent. Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers of Denver, Colorado, are in the city, the guest of Mrs. Oletta Rogers. Rev. J. E. Howard of Texas. preached at the A. M. E. church Monday night, to a large congregation. Mr. C. G. Ford and Mr. Alonzo Murry of Leavenworth, Kan., spent Thanksgiving in town, the guest of Mr. Oliver Jackson. Quarterly meeting was held at the M. E. church Sunday. Rev. Allen and members of the A. M. E. church went over in the afternoon and assisted in the collection. At the World's Fair. The Professional World will be at the great St. Louis World's Fair next year. We have a complete file containing a copy of every issue of the paper since its beginning, and arrangements have been made with the State Historical Society to have the same bound and placed on exhibition at the exhibition. Lincoln Institute Notes. A six course dinner delightfully cooked and daintily served from the oyster soup, roast turkey, cranberry sauce, etc., to the ice cream, nuts, and coffee,—eaten on Thanksgiven day, 1903, in a dining room, beautifully decorated with class colors and evergreen, and ending with original toasts, humorous, witty and pungent,—with President Allen in his always genial, warm hearted manner, superintending everything, and carefully looking after the individual comfort and welfare of each one,—created an occasion long to be remembered by the faculty, students, and such parents, and other guests as were so fortunate as to be present to eat dinner with their children and friends. Miss Sprague of the Department of Domestic Science and the young lady students who assisted her in various ways deserve much credit and the work demonstrates not only the fact that cooking, housekeeping, home making, etc., are fine arts, but also that our progress or capacity for progress as a race, may be measured by the rapidity, skill, and ease, with which we acquire these arts. Lincoln Institute is doing much to raise the standard of the race by thus laying through the departments of house keeping, laundrying, and domestic science, as well as in its literary courses, the foundation for well-kept and well-appointed homes. The social gathering on Thanksgiving evening was highly enjoyable and an important aid to the proper digestion of the very bountiful dinner. President Allen in the course of the evening was treated to a complete surprise, when Miss Effie Moten of the senior class representing a few young ladies who desired to show that they had caught the President's idea of "helpfulness" and wished to carry it into effect, presented him in well chosen remarks, the sum of money he had expended for the gift recently tendered Father Noble. The spirit shown by these young ladies was a very commendable one, and conveyed to all present many valuable lessons. The amount over and above the sum expended for the gift will be placed to the account of the lyceum lecture course which the President is planning for the students during the winter season. The "Buskin," the oldest of the literary societies, under the presidency of Mr. W. C. Thomas of the junior class, has taken on new life, and the program rendered on Friday evening, November 26, reflected much credit upon the society and its management. The examinations of the first term have closed, and the second term opened auspiciously Novem- Sewing and Dressmaking. I am again at my sewing rooms and prepared to do the latest style cutting and fitting of skirts and shirt waist. A well furnished reception room for my customers. Mrs. Minta Lange Huggard, 12 N. 6th street, COLUMBIA, MO. Phone 645 LINCOLN INSTITUTE, MISSOURI STATE SCHOOL FOR COLORED YOUTH. DEPARTMENTS. College, Normal, Preparatory, Industrial, Agricultural, Domestic. COURSES. Clasical, Sub-Normal, Drawing, Fine Arts and Mechanical, Shoe-making, Typewriting, College Preparatory, Model Training School, Carpentry, Blacksmithing, Parming and Gardening, Sewing, Normal, Music, Instrumental, Vocal Wood-working, Machinery, Printing, Cooking, Laundering. ADVANTAGES. Competent Teachers, Good Location, Free Tuition, New Dormitories, with Modern improvements. Buildings Heated by Steam, Diplomas are State School Certificates, Board only $3.50 per month. One of the best equipped schools in the country for negroes. Supported by the great State of Missouri. First term opens Sept. 7th. For Catalogues and Information, write BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A. M., Pres. Jefferson City, Mo. An excellent record has been made and the standard of scholarship in all departments has been greatly elevated. President Allen's idea of rewarding diligent pupils by badges of honor to be worn by them until others may be able to outrank them in scholarship and behavior, is having a very desirable effect and honest class rivalry is beginning to run high. Fist, second, third place honorable mention, honor roll, mean something to the bright, industrious student, and to the parent should mean that the sacrifice that is being made to keep the child in school is not in vain. Get This Paper Free. Any one sending us four cash yearly subscriptions will receive the Professional World free for one year. On the Farm. (Exchange.) Many farmers are plowing corn land. It is conceded that there is much to be gained by plowing corn land in the fall. The teams at this time of year are hardened to work and can stand more, the plowed land is exposed to the freezing weather which will make it cultivate easier, and when the land is plowed in the fall the corn can be planted earlier in the spring, and nine times out of ten the early planting makes the best corn. If we see no farm but our own, we are liable to become satisfied with our efforts and not make any special effort to improve them; hence it is a good idea to visit our successful neighbor, see his farm, his buildings, his flocks and herds, and learn something of his plans, and he "is a poor stick" who cannot profit by such visits. There is additional value in the occasional comparison of one's own work with that of his neighbor's and there is no better time in which to do it than the winter season. A writer in the Journal of Agriculture, says: As "hog-killing" time is fast approaching, I would like to tell the readers of this department of a method of curing meat which I have found very successful. As soon as the hams and shoulders have taken salt sufficiently—the time will vary accord- making. Uses and prepared to do the latest shirts and shirt waist. A well fur- customers. La Lange Huggard, Phone 645 NONAL WORLD FREE for a year's Subscription will get it free until Xmas. SCRIPTION IN NOW ing to the weather—I smoke them over a fire of green hickory chips until they are a golden brown. Then I take the meat down and immerse each piece in a boiler of strong red pepper tea. After it has been dried with a clean cloth I sprinkle heavily with powdered borax and hang up again. It is unnecessary to sack meat treated in this way, as the flies will not trouble it in the warmest weather. Persons desiring to employ help or persons desiring to secure employment, will do well to call and see me at the Herald office. J. F. VENABLE. GO TO YEOHAM'S Bakery and Confectionery Toys and Holiday Coods. All Kinds of Candies and Nuts. : : : : : : : Everything fresh. 127 E. High St. JEFFERSON CITY, MO. A HOLIDAY .AD. IN THESE COLUMNS WILL BRING YOU TRADE A full line of Staple and fancy Groceries and country produce EVER NEW AND FRESH. MRS. J. W. DAMEL, PROP. Corner Atchison St. and Fairview Boulevard, JEFFERSON CITY, - - MISSOURI. Nov. 18, 6t. TMENTS. Columbia - - - - Missouri GENERAL BLACK IN DISTRESS Commander of the Grand Army Suf fers From His Old Wounds. Boston, Mass., Dec. 2.—Commander in Chief John C. Black of the Grand Army of the Republic came to Boston today to begin the arrangements for the next annual encampment. He was met by General W. W. Blackman and a delegation of the local executive committee. General Black was suffering so much from his old wounds that it was necessary to carry him from the car in a chair, in which he was taken to the Hotel Vendome. After a short rest he presided at a joint meeting of the national council of administration and the executive committee of the Massachusetts department. VALUE OF THE GREEN ESTATE Heirs Estimate Total in the Neighborhood hood of $1,000,000. New York, Dec. 2.—A representative of the heirs of Andrew H. Green said today that the estate of Mr. Green would not greatly exceed $1,000,000 and that it might fall short of that sum. It is known that with the exception of a few small private charitable bequests all the property is left to relatives. The will contains a statement that, in the belief of Mr. Green, he gave all he could afford in his lifetime to public objects. POSSE HUNTS ALLEGED SLAYER Geek Fred Strube. Accused of Killing Alice Henninger Near Peoria. Peoria, Ill., Dec. 2.—A posse of about a hundred mounted armed men was formed at Havana last night and all day they have searched for Fred Strube, accused of murdering Alice Henninger. The search will be continued day and night until every foot of ground within a radius of twenty miles has been examined. The theory that Strube committed suicide is gaining more believers every day. Strube told his mother that if he could not have the girl he did not care to live. DROPS DEAD FROM SADDLE Claus Wassel, New York Broker, Expires While Riding Horse. New York, Dec. 2.—Claus Wassel, a commission broker, dropped dead from heart disease while riding on the Ocean parkway, Brooklyn, Sunday. Mounted on a thoroughbred and accompanied by two friends, Mr. Wassel was moving along when he suddenly placed his hand over his heart, gave a gasp and fell to the roadway. He was 48 years old and celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of his wedding last night. IOWA CATTLEMAN IS KILLED Is Pushed From Platform of Chicago Elevated Car and Crushed. Chicago, Dec. 2.—In the sight of scores of persons, a man supposed to be D. L. Buckner of Macedonia, Iowa, was crowded from the platform of the Forty-third street station on the South Side Elevated railroad and crushed to death. In his pocket was found a bank book showing deposits of $5,000 receipts for cattle sold and other papers. WORK FOR MILLION DOLLARS Goal Toward Which Anti-Saloon League is Working. Columbus, O., Dec. 2.—"A corps of 400 able, trained workers and a fund of a million dollars a year is the goal toward which the Anti-Saloon league of this country is working," said State Superintendent Baker of the Ohio league in an interview. He said the league had secured the services of Dr. McCash of Des Moines, Iowa, as state superintendent for the Iowa league. BIG MINE PAYS A DIVIDEND Calumet-Hecla Announces Quarterly Payment of 10 Per Cent. New York, Dec. 2.—The Calumet and Hecla Mining company, which is one of the richest mining properties in the world, announced today a dividend of 10 per cent for the last quarter of the year. The dividend amounts to $10 per share, the par value of which is 1.5. The company had paid $35 per share, or 140 per cent, during the last twelve months. STANDS BY JOHN REDMOND Irish Party Also Asks O'Brien Not to Withdraw. Dublin, Dec. 2.—At a meeting of the Irish parliamentary party here today a vote of cordial confidence in John Redmond was unanimously adopted, as was the resolution asking that William O'Brien withdraw his resignation as a member of parlia- ONE U. S. PRIVATE IS LOST It is Claimed by Some that General Wood Forced this Skirmish For Personal Motives Manilla—(Special) — General Wood captured the Moro position in the hills of Jolo, north of Taglibi, on the 20th inst. and destroyed the earthworks which they had thrown up. Private Martin Banner of the Fourteenth cavalry was killed and two privates were wounded. The loss on the Moro side is known to have been seventy-five and is probably more. General Wood says there will be no more opposition on the part of the sultan's men for led fighting. The anticipated news from Jolo came today in a flood of cable dispatches which were written at Manila. These told of the successful conclusion of General Wood's pursuit of a band of insurgent Moro warriors and the killing of 300 of the natives. While everybody in Washington was prepared to hear of a goodly slaughter, the announcement that 300 had been slain caused unmeasured astonishment. Now that this much of the story is out, it is taken for granted that subsequent dispatches will tell of many heroic deeds by American soldiers with General Wood as the central piece of the setting. It was regarded as a most curious coincidence that the general should undelegate the pursuit of the Moros in the pacified islands on the eve of the assembling of the congress that was to pass upon his promotion to the grade of major general. The coincidence became more striking when military and press dispatches announcing the general's purpose were sent broadcast on the very day the senate committee on military affairs first met to investigate Wood's record. Senators and nearly everybody else in Washington, for that matter, believe there is something queer about this latest Moro outbreak, and there is a strong likelihood that there will be a universal demand for all of the facts appertaining to it before General Wood's nomination is confirmed. CUMMINS TO BE AT HARVARD Will Attend Banquet of Iowa Contingent in the University. Des Molnes, Dec. 2.—Governor A. B. Cummins yesterday dispatched a letter to the Iowa colony of students at Harvard, accepting their invitation to be the guest of honor at their annual banquet on the night of December 11. This will make it necessary for the governor to remain over in Boston one day longer than he would otherwise do. He will deliver an address before the Merchants' and Bankers' association on the night of December 10. The occasion will be a notable one for the Harvard students. There is a large delegation of Iowa young men attending the Cambridge educational institution, all of them enthusiastic admirers of the governor. They have extended an invitation so cordial that it would have been hard indeed for the Iowa chief executive to have refused it. IOWA MURDER STILL MYSTERY Murder of Woman Near Beille Plaine Not Cleared. Vinton, Ia., Dec. 2.—The murder of Mrs. Meyers of Keister, Minn., near Belle Plaine on the first of this month is apparently as far from being solved as when the first discovery of the crime was made public, that she was a well-to-do and fairly handsome young woman who apparently left her home on a fine farm just across the line in Minnesota and went direct to Belle Plaine seems to be undoubted. The presumption, too, that she here met by appointment with the murderer is no longer doubted but who he was or where he is is still a profound mystery. County Attorney Kirkland and Sheriff Youill are doing all within their power to solve the mystery. Some sensational developments may soon be made public. CANADA TO BE PART OF U. S Senator Hale Says That Will Happen Inside of Twenty Years. Washington. D. C., Dec. 2.—During the discussion of the Cuban annexation in the senate today Hale said he didn't doubt that Canada would become a part of the United States within twenty years and that the time would be hastened if the tariff dis NEWS OF THE WEEK GENERAL POLITICAL LEGAL EXECUTIVE Fighting Bob Upheld. Secretary of the Navy Moody Wednesday rendered his decision in the matter of the protest of Paymaster Biscoe against Rear Admiral Evans, and upholds the admiral in his condemnation of the judges who excused the disorderly acts of Assistant Paymaster Nicholson in China. The recent resumption of hostilities by the Moros in Mindanao and Jolo, resulting in the death of several American soldiers, has caused Gen. Wood to send an expedition of 1,000 men to engage the rebels. Ordinance Report In. In his annual report, just in, Brig. Gen. Crozier, chief of ordnance, says that the results obtained from the few United States magazine rifles made by hand were so satisfactory as to secure the approval of the secretary of war for the adoption of this pattern. The general entirely approves the reduction of the length of the barrel from thirty to twenty-four inches. He says no satisfactory automatic musket nor pistol has yet been presented. To Safeguard Auditors: As one result of the postal scandal investigations, Secretary Shaw, at the request of President Roosevelt, has appointed a committee to report on the best method of safe-guarding government officials from political influences of all kinds. The committee consists of Assistant Secretary Keep and Chief Clerk Wallace Hills of the treasury and Milton E. Alles, former assistant secretary of the treasury department. LEGAL AND CRIMINAL Senator Dietrich Indicted. The first indictment on charge of bribery to be brought against a United States senator was brought against Senator Dietrich of Nebraska Monday by the federal grand jury at Omaha. He and Postmaster Jacob Fisher of Hastings, Neb., are charged with conspiracy and bribery in connection with Fisher's appointment. The senator is secured of accepting $1,300 for his influence. Boston Customs Frauds. As a result of investigations by the treasury department into suspected irregularities in the Boston customs house, Converse J. Smith, a special agent at that place, resigned and officers of the Glasgow Manufacturing company were arrested. The customs officers were charged with falsification of invoices of shipments of lace goods from England. Affecting Civil Service. The Wisconsin supreme court at Milwaukee struck at the civil service system Tuesday by deciding that the city civil service board had no right to force an employee upon a city official who was under bond for the faithful performance of work by subordinates. This practically gives city officials the right to make appointments for their own protection. Million In Ball Forfeited. Recent investigations by the North American into certain irregularities of the courts of Philadelphia, revealed the fact that out of $1,000,000 in ball forcited in the last six years, about $800,000 is said to be composed of "straw." Steps are being taken to improve the ball system. Priest Kidnapping Mystery. Out of the mass of current crime the disappearance and reappearance of the Catholic priest, Father Cirriongione, has attracted unusual attention because of the different theories concerning his story that he was kidnapped and imprisoned in a cellar by a band who demanded money. The city police were inclined to doubt this story, and a writing expert said that the priest himself had penned the threatening letters. Kansas Legislature Scandal. Topeka, Kan., began investigation of a legislative scandal which came to light with the discovery of a much padded pay roll. Men who did not work for the legislature received full pay and others who put in full time were paid for only part time. MISCELLANEOUS Frost In South and West. Following the cold wave which swept over the South and West, Wednesday, come reports of ruin of unharvested sugar cane crop, causing large losses. In Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and Alabama, the mercury went below 20. Naturalizera Sentenced. Judge Adams, in the United States district court at St. Louis, Wednesday, sentenced Chairman John P. Dolan of the Democratic city central committee and Policeman Frank Garrett, convicted of participating in naturalization frauds, to five years' imprisonment, and a fine of 100 each. Missouri Wants Ziegler. Following the indictment against William Ziegler, the New York baking powder millionaire, returned by the grand jury at Jefferson City, Mo., for his alleged connection with the legislative boodle cases, papers were served on him and steps were taken for his requisition. Cleveland Not Prosecuted. Notwithstanding that ex-President Cleveland and a party of friends have been gunning in Princess Anne county, Virginia, in violation of the game laws and public attention was drawn to fact, no game warden was found to swear out a warrant, none having been appointed under the new law. RELIGIOUS Methodism Liberalizing: The Rev. C. W. Tinsley (Methodist) of Terre Haute, Ind., in a recent sermon has taken an aggressive stand for the new theology founded on scientific fact. He says that the prophecy of the Bible was not a mere map of the future, but was an ideal moral teaching, and that "no one could have recognized Jesus by what the old prophets said of him." He declared that progress was compelling the writing of a new theology as well as a new physics and biology, and that we must translate the truth into our terms if it is to be real to us. Kosher Killing Not Humane Kosher Killing Not Humane. The humane society of Denver, Colo., has stopped all beef killing by Jewish methods. This action was taken after witnessing the Kosher killing, the rites of which require that the beef be hung up by the hind leg so as to permit the blood to flow out of the cut in the neck. The society insists on having the animals first stunned by a blow on the brain. Until the courts should decide the controversy 4,000 Hebrews were deprived of meat. Church Against Showy Weddings. Cardinal Gibbons has indorsed the criticism of Dr. Hodges, minister of Baltimore's richest Episcopal church, against showy society weddings in churches. Dr. Hodges declared that persons of moderate means were deterred from being married in church because they could not make the show of wealthier people. Boston Taking Church Census. During the past week 1,500 enumerators have conducted a house-to-house canvass of the city of Boston to determine the religious affiliations of the inhabitants. EDUCATIONAL High Schools Moving Up. High Schools Moving Up. More than 20 superintendents and principals of high schools from the middle West, which have been affiliated with the University of Chicago, voted in conference at that city November 15 unanimously to adopt the plan of President Harper, namely, to take the first two years of college work from the colleges and add that work to the curriculum of high schools and academies. In this way it is thought that many students who cannot attend college may get the discipline of college work right at home. On the other hand, the colleges and universities will be free to give more attention to the advanced courses without lengthening the period for a degree. New York Teachers United. The newly organized federation of the various teachers' associations of Greater New York, representing 13,000 persons, will seek to have favorable legislation enacted for better pay and more liberal rules. It is denied, however, that this federation is in sense like trade unions. There will not be opposition toward teachers who do not join any association and there will be no strikes. The report of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor shows that 57.95 per cent of the general population of that state is of foreign birth and descent. Of those engaged in the industries 62.46 per cent are foreigners. Of those of foreign birth or descent 28.70 per cent are Irish. Notwithstanding this preponderance of the foreign element, the report states that the old-time New England customs and ideas still prevail. COMMERCIAL Rockefeller After Steel Trust. Following the announcement of last week that the Central Traffic association would consider the demands of the United States Steel corporation for a reduction of rates to the seaboard sufficient to enable it to compete for export business, a report, first published by the Pittsburg Post, says that a secret combination formed by John D. Rockefeller, George Gould, J. J. Hill and others has secured control of the great steel trust headed by Morgan. The same report says that the New York Central and its feeders has been acquired in furtherance of a plan to secure control of all railroads from the West to the seaboard, including the Pennsylvania itself. Undersells the Steel Trust. The Pennsylvania Steel company, controlled by the Pennsylvania railroad, has just delivered another blow against its rival, the steel trust, by making a contract with the Persian government for a large quantity of steel rails for the Mecca railway, at $22.88 a ton, delivered on the ground, while the price of rails in New York at present is $28 a ton. The ocean freight rate of Beirut is $2.50 a ton. This is the second foreign order filled by the Pennsylvania at cut rates. Morgan Gets Lake Shore Bonds. It was understood that J. P. Morgan & Co. had purchased $40,000,000 of authorized by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway. Big Cotton Mills Reorganized. Export Grain Rates Advanced. The feature of the grain situation during the week was the advance of railroad freight rates from Buffalo and Erle to tidewater from 4 cents to $4 \frac{1}{2} $ cents. The point where they were last year. Lehigh Enters New England. Arrangements were completed on Tuesday whereby the Lehigh Valley railroad will have freight connections with New England for the Delaware & Hudson line. LABOR AND CAPITAL Building at a Standstill. Through strikes on one hand and lockouts on the other, the building trades in larger cities are now nearly at a standstill. At Pittsburg the Builders' Exchange League put into effect a lockout against every craft affiliated with the building trades council, thus rendering 10,000 men idle. This was done because of the sympathetic strike of the iron workers. At Indianapolis the places of the iron workers were taken by non-union men and the Brown-Ketcham Iron Works became an "open shop." At New York a number of the striking iron workers returned to work. Indianapolis Labor Threat. Business men of Indianapolis have asked President Parry of the Citizens' Industrial Association of America to organize a movement against the labor unions whose central body has ordered the destruction of the new South Side polo rink, so that it can be rebuilt by union labor. Wouldn't Take Lower Wages. Nine hundred employees of the Inlnd Steel company at Indiana Harbor, being notified that there would be a reduction in wages, beginning Jan. 1, similar to that made in other plants operated by the American Sheet Steel company, answered that they would not accept the reduction, thereupon the plant was closed down indefinitely. The owners say that the plant cannot be operated at the present wages without a loss. Following Fall River's Example. The large cotton manufacturers of Rhode Island have followed the example of the Fall River owners in making a 10 per cent reduction in wages to take effect November 23 and affecting about 25,000. Dr. A. L. Neldon of New York, who in behalf of a wealthy Western patient offered $5,000 to the man who would give up an ear, reports that the ear grafting process was unsuccessfully performed in Philadelphia on Wednesday. A rear-end collision on the Illinois Central, at Kentwood, La., eighty-three miles from New Orleans, Nov. 14, killed twenty negroes and injured thirteen others. RELIGIOUS SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL Rights of Manufacturers. The executive committee of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers in session at Chicago voted that the time had come when manufacturers must select their employees regardless of their affiliation with any society or organization. Camera Defends Union Smokers. Camera Defensive Union Smokers. The union label committee of the Cigarmakers' union at New York has adopted a novel plan for detecting the union men in other trades who smoke non-union cigars. They apointed a Kodak committee whose business it will be to secure snap-shots of men in the act of purchasing cigars from non-union stores. Colorado Wants Regulars Governor Peabody of Colorado telegraphed the president, Wednesday, that he would probably have to call for regular troops in preserving order in strike-afflicted regions. Later a request was made that regulars be sent to the Telluride district. INDUSTRIAL Big Department Store Fails Big Department Store Fails. The department store of Crawford & Co. at St. Louis has gone into the hands of a receiver on involuntary bankruptcy proceedings with $900,000 in liabilities and $500,000 in assets. High Tide of Exports. While there was a falling off of about $5,000,000 in exports during October, as compared with the same month last year, the exports ran up to $200,000,000, or larger than any October since 1899. Decision Against Western Roads. The interstate commission decided against several Western railroads in cases growing out of complaints of illegal freight rates between Wichita and Galveston. SOCIOLOGICAL Expenses Near Income. In a bulletin just issued by the bureau of labor it is shown that out of 2,567 families of workingmen in thirty-three states the average annual expedition for all purposes was $768.54, while the average income for each family during the same period was $827.19, the average size of family being 5.21 persons. The cost of food reached its highest in 1902. There has been an increase of over 16 per cent since 1896, the year of lowest prices. W. C. T. U. Snubs a Mayor. The opening of the annual convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at Cincinnati November 13 was noticeable for the absence of Mayor Fleischmann in the interchange of greetings. It was found that the local committee or arrangements had declined to invite the mayor to speak because he was known to be a distiller of spirituous liquors. The treasurer refused to accept a check from the mayor for the entertainment fund. During the year 332 unions have been organized, with 9,457 members. To War on Doctors. The International New Thought convention met at Chicago during the week, and among other things, took steps toward the formation of a political party for the purpose of combatting numerous state laws which discriminate against persons who wish to practice divine and mental healing. It was held that a physician had no more rights before the law than a laborer or a lawyer, and that medical societies that combined against the liberty of other persons should be stamped out. In a discussion as to how the church can best reach the dwellers in its neighborhood, the Rev. Dr. Rainsford of St. George's, New York, said that dwellers in apartment houses and flats are with difficulty interested in their neighborhood, their church or in any municipal or political responsibility. He said also that flats do not afford a real home life, and that conditions in them are unfavorable to children. The apartment, he thinks, affords a greater problem to the church than the tenement or the boarding house. Elkins' Gift Invalid. The late William L. Elkins' legacy of $250,000 and a Philadelphia lot to the grand lodge of Masons for the erection of an orphanage for the daughters of Masons, was declared invalid, as the provision was contained in a codical made less than thirty days before Mr. Elkins died. The law requires charity gifts to be made thirty days before death. An Arkansas Planter By OPIE READ Printed by Permission and Copyright 1896 by Rand, McNally & Co. Chicago CHAPTER XXV.—(Continued.) Jim Taylor came forward. "Look out," said the Major. "They'll get you the first thing you know. Why don't you pick up a few grains of sense as you go along?" "Why don't some one scatter a few grains?" "Hush, sir. I want no back talk from you." "But I've got an idea," said the giant, with a broad grin." "Out with it." A CABIN "Why, right over yonder is the Nelson plantation store-house," said Jim, "and at the front end is the biggest door I ever saw, double oak and so thickly studded with wrought-iron nails that their broad heads touch. And my idea is this: Take that door, cut a round hole in the center with a cold-chisel, cut down a good-sized cypress tree, round off one end, fit it in the hole, with about five feet sticking through; let a lot of us strong fellows gather up the tree, and, protected by the door, use it for a battering ram and punch that house down. Then we can work them freely, as the fellow says." "Jim," the Major cried, "you are learning something. This day has developed you. I believe that can be done. At least it is worth trying, But, men, if it should be effective, let there be as little unnecessary slaughter as possible. We are compelled to kill—well, we can't help it. However, take Mayo alive if you possibly can. I want to see him hanged on the public square. Now get the door. Here Tom, you and Low cut down a cypress tree. Here, Lacy, you help. Low doesn't know how to handle an ax. We'd better begin operating over there on the left. There are fewer windows on that side. We can batter down the door. No, there is a high window above the door and they could shoot down upon us. That won't do. We'll take the left side. See, there are but two windows, both close together near the end. Look out, boys. Keep behind the trees. I wonder how solid those logs are. When was that church built, Captain Batts?" "Don't remember the exact time, but not so very long ago. I recollect that there was talk of a profitable extension, the time that new revivalist was having the house built, and that must account for the few windows toward this end on the left. They've got a first-rate place to shoot from, but what astonishes me is that Mayo should want to make a stand when he must know that we'll get him sooner or later." "That's easily explained," said the scout who had dashed upon the public square. "They are looking for a large body of reinforcements from the south, and Mayo knows what to expect if he should run, panic-stricken, into them. His only hope was in making a stand." "Where is Perdue?" the Major asked, looking about, from one tree to another. "He fell back yonder in the field," old Gid answered. "I ran to him, but he must have been dead by the time he hit the ground." The Major said nothing. He stood learning against a tree looking toward Jim and four other men coming with the heavy door. Just a Bluff. Towne—"Yes, Subbubs has a 'phone in his house." Browne—"Why, he gave me to understand he hadn't." Towne—"That's strange." Browne—"No; I think I understand it now. He invited me home to dinner with him the other day, and the meal was most elaborate. He wanted me to believe his wife hadn't been warned of my coming."—Philadelphia Press. Printed by Permission and Copyright 1896 by Rand, Nallyn and Co. Chicago "And old Billy," said Gid, "is—— The Major turned about. "Well," he broke in. "You know," said Gid, "we used to say that he always had a blot of ink on his head. But now he's lying back yonder with a spot of blood where the ink was." The Major called to Jim: "Put it down there." And then speaking to Gid he added: "That scoundrel must pay for this. Don't shoot him—don't even break his legs—I want to see them dangle in front of the courthouse door." With a chisel and a hammer the giant worked, on his knees, and it was almost like cutting through solid iron. The echo of his heavy blows rumbled afar off throughout the tim- berland. The detail of men came with the log, the body of a cypress tree, one end smoothly rounded. Jim took his measurements and proceeded with his work. Once he had to drag the door to a better-sheltered spot. Bullets from the church were pecking up the dirt about him. Three times the piece of timber was tried, to find that the hole in the door was not quite large enough, but at last it went through and the giant smiled at the neatness of the work. And now the ram was ready. The firing from the church had fallen and all was silent. "It will take about eight men, four on a side—all strong young fellows," said Taylor. "You old men stand back. Major, order Captain Batts to let go the log." "Captain Batts, turn loose," the Major commanded. "You are too old for such work." With a sigh old Gid stepped back, and sadly he looked upon the young men as they took their places. "Yes, I'm getting old, John, but you needn't keep me of it." "Sir, didn't I tell you not to call me John?" "Yes, but I thought you'd forgotten it." Taylor and the Englishman were side by side, the log between them. Augur holes had been bored in the shaft and strong oak pins had been driven in to serve for handles. "Remember to keep a tight grip on your handle," said Jim. "I warrant that," the Briton re- ```markdown ``` OLD CHURCH IN THE WOODS plied. "Are we all ready? Really quite a lark, you know." A stable had stood at the left boundary of the field, and one wall, cut down, was now a part of the fence. Circling about to avoid the undergrowth and at the same time to keep out of Mayo's range, the men with the ram came up behind the old wall; and here they were halted to wait until the Major properly placed his marksmen. He made the circuit of the field, and coming back, announced that all was ready. A score of shotguns were trained upon the two windows that looked out upon the space Strange Ways o Strange Ways of John Chinaman Strange Ways of John Chinaman His left hand is the place or honor. He carries a pig instead of driving him. He whitens instead of blackens his shoes. His favorite present to a parent is a cofin. He says six-fourths instead of four-sixths. between the stable wall and the church. Over the wall the door was lifted, and the shot-guns roared, for the negroes had opened fire from the windows, but necessary caution marred the effect of their aim. Without a mishap the ram was lowered into the field. And now forward it went, slowly at first, but faster and faster, the men on a run, the lower edge of the door sweeping the old cotton stalks. Faster, with a yell, and the men about the field stood ready to charge. Shot-guns blazed from the windows, and shot like sharp sleet rattled off the heavy nail-heads in the door. Faster, and with a stunning blim the ram was driven against the house. But the logs lay firm. Back again, thirty feet, another run and a ram, but the logs were firm. From the windows, almost directly in front, the buck-shot poured, and glancing about, plucked up the dirt life raindrops in a dusty road. Once more, back still further, and again they drove with head-long force. The house shook, the roof trembled, but the logs were sound and stubbornly lay in place. Back again but this time not to stop. "To the fence," Jim ordered. A shout came from the church. The Major stamped the ground. "Keep your places and wait for me," said Jim to his men. He leaped the stable wall. "Here young A man with a long stick is aiming at another man who is holding a rifle. They are in a wooded area with trees and rocky terrain. IT BECAME A STILL HUNT fellow," he called "run over to that storehouse and bring a can of coal oil. I was a fool not to thing of this before. Why, even if we were to batter down the house they would kill us before our men could get there. Where is that axe?" He seized the axe and began to split a dry pine log. Every one understood his plan; no one spoke. He split his …ndling fine, whittled off shavings with his knife, and gathering up his faggots waited for the oil. The young fellow returned, running. Jim snatched the can and sprang over the fence. The Englishman smiled when he took his place. "Really you have quite an odd fancy, you know," he said. "Once more and easy," Jim commanded. "And may the Lord have mercy on them. But it has to be done." Onward they went, leaning inward, treading slowly, and shot was selected at them from the windows. But there THE CHAPEL was no quickening step as the house was neared—it was a dead march. At a corner of the church they halted, and Jim, putting down his owl can, close to the wall, piled his faggots about it, and then, striking a match, set fire to the shavings. "Back!" he commanded. They reached the stable wall and stood there. The guns were silent. Eagerly every one was gazing. Was the fire dying down? One long minute, and then a dull explosion. A column of flame shot high into the rair, a rain of fire spattered down upon the church, and the roof was ablaze. The of John Chinaman He keeps out of step in walking with others. His women folk are often seen in trousers accompanied by the men in gowns. white men, ready with their guns, heard a trampling and the smothered cries of horror; and then the church door flew open and out poured Mayo and his men. Three times they charged an opening in the line about the fence, but unseen foes sprang up and mowed down. But at the last, fighting, desperate, yelling, they broke out of ...e slaughter-pen and once more were in the woods. And now it was not even a chase. It was a still hunt. (To be continued.) HOW HE BECAME A LAWYER. The Story of John Sherman's Admission to the Bar. General Jack Casement, the veter- and railroad builder, who fought during the civil war with General Sherman, whose statue was unveiled here this month, and who was his intimate friend until the latter's death, tells the story of John Sherman's entrance into the practice of the law, as related by his warrior brother. When John Sherman was quite young he was taken into the law office of his brother Charles at Mansfield, O., to help about the office and make himself generally useful. One day, when he was in his 21st year, he took Charles one side and quietly asked him for a loan of $50. "What!" Charles exclaimed. "What do you intend doing with so much money." "I am going to Columbus to be admitted to the bar," John replied. Charles was greatly surprised, as John had never asked for any advice regarding the profession nor had he ever appeared to be interested to any extent in the study of law. "You can't be admitted to the bar without some knowledge of the law," said Charles. John maintained that he knew more about law than some others, and assured his brother that he would try and raise the money somewhere. "You know," he added, "it will be necessary for me to have respectable clothes and enough money to pay my traveling and hotel expenses." Charles finally ordered the clothes and provided him with the necessary money. At Columbus, on the day he became of age, John was admitted to the abr. On his return he said to Charles: "I am going to Iowa to practice law." Charles remonstrated with him. "There is room for both of us to practice law here in Mansfield," Charles told him. They then and there became partners and continued to practice together until the formation of the Republican party, when John was sent from the Mansfield district as a representative in congress. Later he was elected to the United States senate, and the balance of his life became a very important and in interesting part of the history of his country.—Washington Evening Star. Home and Foreign Swindlers. It is announced in a dispatch from Paris that the court of cassation has rejected the appeals of the members of the Humbert family, who were found guilty several weeks ago of swindling the French public out of an immense sum of money by means of false and fradulent pretences. Mme. Humbert and her associates in crime did not operate upon such a large scale as Charles M. Schwab and his pals, and they achieved their efforts by means which can only be described as crude and clumsy in comparison with the "artistic swindling" exemplified in connection with the Bethlehem Steel works deals, but both operations were based upon the same principle, the principle of getting something for nothing, and both involved the same crime, the crime of obtaining money under false pretenses.—Philadelphia Inquirer. One Who Never Complains. "You are always complaining about the weather," the man with the fur trimmed overcoat was saying. "Why, old fellow, this is the best climate on earth. I've been in all of them, and I know." "Yes," the man with the baggy trousers was heard to respond, "and if I could afford to do as you do every year—spend the hot months at the northern lake recorts, and the cold months in the orange groves of Florida—I suppose I should be as ardent an admirer of this climate as you are," Chicago Tribune. Free From Thunderstorms In Finland and east Turkestan thunderstorms are wholly unknown. He laughs to deceive evil spirits on receiving bad news, and his daughters loudly lament on the eve of their weddings. Cruel Fling. A Chicago professor says a man's brain power may be increased 60 per cent by the use of this new stuff, lecithin. The Chicago professors should form the lecithin habit.—Philadelphia Ledger. Red Hair Has Become Popular BUT THE WHITE HORSE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN Facts About the New Republic Facts About the New Republic THE SAVING OF SEED CORN A happy inspiration was that which prompted the prize committee for the carnival bal masque to encourage competition among the women and girls in Kansas City with red hair. In the first place, to the educated eye, there is nothing lovlier than red hair, and, in the next place, the sort of red hair that grows in Kansas City is especially fine and gorgeous. Its rich pigment is absorbed from the golden sunlight, which is practically perpetual in this latitude, and it rivals the richest coloring of which Titian has left any examples. Matrons and maidens appear every day on the streets of Kansas City with the sort of splendid, burnished hair that causes a man with an artistic eye to turn around and take the second look, to which he is entitled by the law of the road laid down by the much beloved Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. To see a collection of these resplendent polls together vying with each other in generous rivalry, will be a feature of the bal masque which no discriminating person will be able to regard with indifference. There is abounding cause for felicitation over the progress made by the world up to the advanced point where red hair is no longer accounted a possession to deprecate and to rebel against. That sentiment belonged to a dark and benighted period intervening between the glorious efflorescence of Venetian art and the reviv If it were not for its railway and for its possibility of a canal the Isthmus of Panama would have about as much interest to the average American as has the interior of Patagonia. It exports practically nothing but some bananas and a very little mahogany. The area of the Republic of Panama is 31,571 square miles, which makes it a little more than half as large as Illinois. Its population is currently placed at 285,000, but if one seeks the sources of the figures he will trace them to an "official estimate" of 1881, which has apparently done service ever since. Similarly the City of Panama has had "30,000" population ever since 1886. Births and deaths, immigration and revolution, seemingly have no effect on the population, so far as the statisticians know or care. The Panama railroad is, industrially speaking, the "whole thing" in Panama. In 1900 the road transported 153,688 tons of goods westward, of which amount 60,518 tons came from New York. 54,905 from Europe, while the remainder was local traffic. The weight carried Eastward was 203,619 tons, of which 118,670 was to New York, 77,219 was to Europe, and the rest was local traffic. The number of vessels that entered the ports of Panama, Colon, Santa Maria and Cartagena in 1897 was 923, of 1,213,110 There is nothing of more importance to the farmers throughout the corn belt of the United States than the quality of seed corn. The Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States department of Agriculture states that in the northern part of this area special precautions are always necessary in saving seed on account of the short season and the consequent difficulty in getting seed which is fully matured. In a season like the present these conditions hold good over a larger area than usual. Most of the corn is in field at the present time and, if not immature, it at least contains a large percentage of moisture. If this moist corn is left in its present condition until after cold weather the freezing will kill a large part of the seed and the planting of this seed will mean a thin stand next year. Where the seed corn has not already been obtained, it should be selected at once. Pick out only thoroughly matured ears or, if none can be found that are thoroughly matured, take the ripest to be had. Husk and put in a dry, well-ventilated place kept a temperature of from 75 to 100 degrees Fanrenheit and let them remain there until the seed is thoroughly dried and cured. After it has been dried it should be stored where it will remain reasonably dry and cool. It is only when the seed contains a large Dave McClarv has gone into winter quarters with six head of horses at Louisville. Hamilton, Ontario, will be one of the big Canadian ice racing centers this winter. Senator J. W. Bailey, of Texas, owns Great Spirit, who won the 3:25 trot at Lexington. al of aestheticism in these latter days. It is a hopeful token of the appreciation of real beauty that the popular actresses of the tragic and emotional drama wear red hair, which is associated with many of the imperishable romances of history. The rosette blondes who may desire to compete for the prize at the carnival bal masque may choose between a number of interesting personations—Lucretia Borgia, Mary Stuart, Queen Elizabeth, etc. Helen of Troy must have had red hair to have made such a stir in the world, and even Cleopatra, for all her African nativity, has been embellished by tradition with that accessory to her other fascinations. On an occasion such as the bal masque, there should be no grotesque association between red hair and white horses, even in the form of a "counterfeit presentiment," though hobbyhorses often make their way to the arena floor at the carnival parties in Convention hall. The prize committee of the carnival bal masque is worthy of the most generous encomiums for devising a scheme by which it will be able to add a thoroughly fascinating and artistic feature to the festive event of next Friday night and at the same time extend encouragement to a by-product in Kansas City whose importance and value have never before been fully appreciated.—Kansas City Star. e New Republic tons, and the number cleared was 919, of 1,210,629 tons. Off the line of the road an adventurer finds himself almost at once in the unbroken jungle. There are practically no roads worthy of the name. One-mule trails are found here and there, and a few portions of an old paved road across the isthmus, built by the Spanish in 1514, still remain. A large part of the population lives on rice. It is significant of the country's industrial stage that, although the isthmus contains thousands of acres of ideal rice lands, practically all the rice consumed is imported. Chicago Record-Herald. How to Teach Citizenship. Supt. Maxwell of the New York City schools and a number of college presidents and high school principals in various parts of the country have undertaken to discover some way by which pupils in the public schools may be impressed with the importance of high ideals of municipal life. In speaking of this committee's work Chairman Maxwell says that at present little or nothing is done as to practical ways and means of making patriotic utterances concrete realities. The first step of the committee will be to gather information about just what instruction in different cities is now being given. OF SEED CORN percentage of moisture that the germination is injured by freezing. If a little trouble is taken that the germination is injured by freezing, If a little trouble is taken now in selecting and caring for next year's seed, the stand and the consequent yield will be greatly increased. In all cases seed should be tested for germination a short time before planting, and only such seed planted as is found to be in the best condition. Seed tests can be made easily and often more conveniently at home, but the Seed Laboratory of the United States department of Agriculture, so far as its working force will allow, is prepared to make tests for corn growers without charge. Important Points to Be Observed. 1. Select fully matured seed or, at least, the ripest that can be obtained. 2. Bring the corn from the field before freezing weather and keep it in a warm, dry place, with ample ventilation, until thoroughly dried. 3. Store in a dry, cool place. 4. 'test for germination before planting. All Scraps. Pete—Dey tell me dat bully was always coming around here looking for scraps. Did yo' accommodate him? Sam—Should say so. Ah hit him wid a bowl ob hash.—Chicago Daily News. THE HORSES The purses on the Canadian ice tracks are not very heavy, but it is reported that the betting is always red hot. Sadie Mao is one of the cheapest trotters Mr. Smathers ever bought. He paid $20,000 for her, and the mare has already won over $20,000 in purses. 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. 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We have many other articles that make rich and tasty presents. Prices to suit all Purses. C. W. Phillips, JEWELER AND OPTICIAN. PEOK DRUG, CO. 801 Broadway TILL CURED. Mr. Frank Strain, Probate Judge, Phillips- burg, Kas, Says; "I was troubled with piles for thirty years; in less than four weeks you dismissed me cured and practically a new man. When you examined me you stated what the cost of a cure would be, but did not ask or require a payment of any part of the amount until the cure was effected." J. R. Sprankle, Capitalist, Cleveland, O. Writes. "I doctored for twelve years with physicians in New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Cleveland for piles and fasciitis and I did not cure me perfectly in ten days and while being cured I was not laid up an hour." Senator J. R. Burrews, President First National Bank J. S. Smith Center, Kass, Va. "Your treatment of me was very satisfactory. There have been no signs of trouble returning in any form. I was treated over ten years Mr. Gee, Thalia, Jr., President of the Theil Cattle Co., Atlanta, Saxel "I can testify that you have entirely cured me of piles and I was not asked to pay a dollar until I was satisfied I was cured." Free Books page book for men, or two-page book for women, containing valuable information and testimonials. Either or both sent free and postpaid. OR, OAK STREET, Kansas City, Mo. and represent our clothing exactly as it is. It will pay you to deal with a square house. A fair and impartial comparison of our goods and prices is all we ask..... The Globe Mercantile The Globe Mercantile Co., 210 East High St., JEFFERSON CITY, - - JEFFERSON CITY. - - MISSOURI. COLUMBIA FRUIT STORE Corner 9th & Walnut St. The place to buy Fruit cheap. Bonanas 15c, Oranges 30c per dozen, vegetables, Michigan Celery, etc. Special prices on Candies to School teachers for Holidays. Z. C. MARTIN, Nov 6 10t. Prop. -CALL ON- JOHN A. SCOTT, THE TAILOR For Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing SUITS MADE TO ORDER. E. High St. Jefferson City, Mo Lodge and Church Directory. 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. S.M.T. Florence Woods, W. P.; Mrs. Lizzie Williams, W. S. Meeting first Monday in each month at 3 p. m. G. U. O. F. Boone county light lodge. No. 3356. Meetings, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays in each month. Visiting members in good standing invited. W. H. TURNER, N. G. J. C. BURTON, P. 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. I. O. K. T. Naomie Tabernacle No. 57, Columbia, Mo., meets Second and Fourth Mondays in each month. MRS. ROSA MARSHAL, C. P. MRS. MINNIE HAYES, C. R. ST. PAUL I ODGE, NO. 12. St. Paul Lodge, No. 12. A. F. & A. M., n e t s 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. K. OF P. Harrison Lodge No. 12, Huntsville, Mo. Meeting the second and fourth Thursdays in each month. M. W. Tony, C. C., W. T. Ansel, K. R. S., L. A. Robinson, M. E. LADIES COURT Golden Queen Court, No. 19, meets first Friday in each month. Mrs. M. E. Ridgway, 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. Annie Williams, W. S. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. A. A. Adams, Pastor. Preaching Sundays 11 a. m., and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening, 7:30. A cordial invitation extended to all. --- K. P. ercantile Co., High St., - - MISSOURI. A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. P. C. Crews, Pastor. Preaching Sundays 11 a. m.; 7:30 p. m. Sunday school 2:30 p. m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday eve, at 8:30; every body invited to attend. M. E. CHURCH Rev. J. Arlington Grant, pastor. Preaching Sundays 11, a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednes days 7:30 to 8:30; all are mad welcome. SECOND CHRISTIAN CHURCH Rev. J. B. Parsons, pastor Preaching Sundays 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. in. Everybody cordially invited to attend. MRS. EDNA WATTS HARDIN FACE MASSAGING, SHAMPOOING, HAIR DRESSING. Nursing a Specialty. 609 Lafayette St., Jefferson City, Mo. ROBNETT BROS. MEAT MARKET AND GROCERY Keep a full line of fresh and salted meats and groceries. Also wood and feed. The way to meet competition and make money now is to buy for cash and sell for cash. WE OFFER YOU the opportunity to buy for cash and get the benefits you are entitled to. No. 2, W. Allen Street, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI. ON CREDIT. $22.90 Free Catalogue CENTURY MFG. CO. EAST ST. LOUIS,LLC. Century Steel Range, No. 80-A-18 Has six 8-inch lids, lcds, 17x21x19, splendid reservoir and warming closet, lined throughout with asbestos, burns anything, best bakers and roasters on Earth. Guaranteed 10 years. Weight 475 lbs. Only $22 90. Terms $8.00 cash, balance payable $3.00 a month, no inter- est. Shipped immediately on, cost of $8.00 cash payment. We trust honest people located in all parts of the World. Cash discount $1.50 on Range. Freight averages $1.25 for each 600 miles. Send for free catalogue, but this is the greate est bargain ever offered. We refer to Southern Illinois National Bank. CENTURY • MANUFACTURING • CO. Dept. 910, East St. Louis, IL. Tenth Anniversary JUBILEE At The GLOBE Clothing Company, Sale Commences Saturday, December 5, 1903, at 8 a. m. --- THE TENTH SEASON of a store like the GLOBE is a happening which must be celebrated by an event befitting the policy and reputation of the store. To the thousands of friends and customers, who, realizing the advantages of the GLOBE'S LIBERAL POLICY of SPLENDID GOODS at LITTLE PRICES, have made the business the great popular success that it is, the meaning of the event is clear. And the GLOBE will celebrate it's tenth SEASON in a manner most befitting the occasion. Our TENTH ANNIVERSARY JUBILEE comes not only as the celebration of a note worthy event, but also as a sign of the appreciation of the unswerving enthusiasm and loyal support of the friends and customers who have made our upward success possible. We have in our store THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH of better garments than we have ever before carried MADE TO OUR ORDER BY THE COUNTRY'S LEADING MERCHANT tailors. Not only are all the staple styles presented but all the exclusive novelties of cut and fabric. Boy's Suits. AS USUAL THE GLOBE LEADS IN QUALITY, STYLE AND PRICE. Lot No. 1. Two and three-piece suits—knee pants—made of stout all wool cheviots and novelty scotch suitings—worth $5. 3.46. Lot No. 2. Several attractive patterns in boys' suits in good comfortable, sturdy fabrics worth 3 and 4 dollars. 2.79. Lot No. 3. Special bargains in our $2.50 and $3 line of boys' suits—parent's know them 1.97. as money savers. Lot No. 4. Choice of our $1.25— $1.75 line of boy's suits—always big bargains at those prices—now at .93. --- A Bargain in Socks. 100 dozen extra heavy Rockford Socks, double heal and toe, .06. regular 10c value--- 25c kind--- 19c Underwear. GENUINE ALL WOOL Red Flannel $1.25 grade. 88c. Dr. Wright's health underwear $1.25 grade, 83c. We've 25 dozen blue and black, worth 50 to 75c, we'll sell 'em at 45c. We've 25 dozen Sweaters in four new, attractive patterns—just in, only 43c. Extra heavy wool fleece—sizes up to 34-per suit 45c. Fine dress and negligee shirts, this seasons stock, $1 and $1.25 value 79c. 25 dozen heavy cotton worsted knee pants—worth 25c and 35c to go at 18c. 100 dozen heavy Canvass Gloves with yarn wrist-bands—worth 15c. 07c. Big assortment, 50 and 75c kind, 29c. COLUMBIA - - - - - MISSOURI. WE SING THE PRAISES OF OUR OVERCOATS WE'VE JUST THIS MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THESE OVERCOATS—WE DON'T CARE WHERE YOU GO—HOW CAREFULLY YOU LOOK, YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM—YOU'LL SAY THE SAME. Lot No. 1. Big assortment of the finest high grade overcoats. Kersey, Melton, Tweed, Frieze and all other good overcoat fabrics—long or medium and worth $15 or $20—13.48 Lot No. 2. Elegant Melton Beaver Frieze and worsted overcoats—cut in the latest styles—splendidly made—have always been unequaled bargains at $10 and $12. 8.65 Lot No 3. A big lot of $8 and $10 overcoats made up from splendid fabrics, good all around overcoat value that can't be excelled for the price. 6.45 Lot No. 4. A genuine bargain—a snap for a cold snap-$6.50 and $7 overcoats—good weather resisting fabrics—correct style, best workmanship 4.45 FOUR CAPITAL TROUSER BARGAINS. **Lot 1.** Men's and Youths fine Cassmere and Worsted trousers, attractive patterns—regular $4.50 to $5.75 goods **Lot 3.** Our choice of our $2.80 and $3.00 lines, $1.97 big value. Men's Fine Suits at a Sacrifice. Lot No. 1. Our famous $15 and $18 suits—hand tailored, made of imported cheviots, worsteds, etc., in black and soft dignified Scotch effects, thoroughly up-to-date in style, perfect fit 10.69 Lot No. 2. Choice of our splendid $12 and $15 hand tailored, perfect fitting line—a wonderful offering—nothing can be found like it 8.65 anywhere. Lot No. 3. The suits have sold at $12—worstedts, clays, tweeds, cheviot—but we don't discriminate, as cheap as they have been, 6.48 we make them cheaper. Lot No. 4. Want a cheap suit but a good suit—say a $5 or $6.50 value—best of materials—best of styles—willing to save $2 or $3? 3.47 THE LONDON MUSEUM OF FASHION THE LADY'S COAT THINK OF SAVING 35 TO 50 per cent. ON SUCH CLOTHING AS THIS-EVERY GARMENT BACKED BY OUR IRON CLAD GUARANTEE A TO QUALITY AND PRICE! All this splendid stock was bought to sell-our IRON RULE forbids one single garment being carried over to another season-and SOLD IT WILL BE-but to accomplish this object we will throw all restraint to the winds and SACRIFICE OUR LEGITIMATE PROFITS. THIS MUST BE THE GREATEST SEASON IN THE GLOBE'S HISTORY. To every man and boy in Boone county this message comes as a trumpet call-it summons one and all to join in this celebration—the Tenth Anniversary of a growing, progressive store. Scores and hundreds will hear the call and heed it-scores and hundreds will find the offerings of our Jubilee such opportunities as they never dreamed of--whether or not you are one of the throng depends on you alone! Read the prices below, then come and see the goods and you will find that every statement is fully realized. Prices speak for themselves. **Lot 2.** Your choice of our $3.80 and $4.00 lines, no $2.75 better bargains in the store. **Lot 4.** $1.25 and $1.50 tr*users going for a mere $ .98 song. MONTGOMERY CLUB MILITARY HOUND --- Youths' Suits. NEWEST STYLES-BEST FABRICS LOWEST PRICES. Lot No. 1. Our regular $10 and $14 youths' suits—cheviots, fancy worsteds, clays, thibets, etc., in black and scotch effects, all popular styles for young men. 8.97. Lot No. 2. Young men's suits in most popular winter fabrics. Plain blacks and blues and new scotch effects, $8 to $10 value, now 6.45. Lot No. 3. Young men's suits in blacks, blues and oxford—fine checks and other attractive patterns, worth $6 to $8. 4.69. Lot No. 4. The best bargains in Columbia are to be found in this line—regular $4.50 to $5 goods—leading fabrics and colors. 2.98. Big Reductions in Corduroy Pants. BOYS' double seat and knee Corduroy pants—ages 6 to 16—worth 50c. .45. 100 of them—brown and black—heavy blanket lining—a big bargain while they last—worth $1.25— .69. TRIPLET COATS. 100 heavy rubber triplet coats—dark gray, light gray and tan—worth $1.50— 1.05. More Underwear. Choice heavy wool fleece and jersey ribbed underwear, full range of sizes—worth 50c to 75c .44. ALL THESE ITEMS ARE LIMITED AS TO QUANTITY.**** WHEN THE LINE IS GONE THE ITEMS WILL BE WITHDRAWN. BIG ASSORTMENT IF YOU COME EARLY. Globe Clothing Co., One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers. BROADWAY, BETWEEN THE BANKS, COLUMBIA - - MISSOURI. SUPPLEMENT The Professional World. FRIDAY DEC. 4, 1903 Vol bys. No. 5. TENTH ANNIVERSARY. Globe [Clothing” Co. Celebrate Their Tenth? Season ‘in Co- lumbia-—Read and Run. The Globe Clothing) Co., of Co- lumbia, 1s about to celebrate the anniversary of it’s tenth season in that city, ‘and in” view of the in- teresting history of the store, this event is one’of no‘little interest. In September 1899, the Globe Clothing Store was opened in Co- lumbiajby Isidor Enoch and David Klass, and’since that timefit's his- tory" has’ been a’ long frecord’ of unusual success and phenomenal growth. The policy"of the firm has always“,been to.‘sell the} best clothing for;man or boy at prices from 15 per! cent to 25 fper cent lower than garments of the same quality, are sold for elsewhere, be- lieving that many sales ata small profit, keeping the stock always fresh and up to date, with strictly one price to all, was a business policy that would appeal to all fair minded people to whom economical yet stylish dressing would be weleome. Experience has proven that their policy was well chosen for no store in Boone county has the confidence of the public or the hold on the public attention that the Globe has. This policy has resulted in a constant and healthy growth that has made several enlargements of the store on Broadway, between the banks, necessary, until now the entire second floor is used asfa storage room, Their stock this season is by far the best and most complete that they have ever shown, it repre- sents everything that is right in suits, overcoats, furnishings and hats for man or boy and as usual the prices are lower than one ex peets to find marked on goods of such quality. They expect to cele- brate their tenth season by a big Jubilee sale, commencing Satur- day, December 5, that will surpass all their previous efforts and reference to their advertisement on this page will disclose a vast array of bargains for that event which will show the character of the offerings. We present to our readers, in connection with this write up the pictures of the members of this firm. They want to know every family in Boone county and assure every one who call upon them dur- ing the Jubilee that they will be well paid for their trouble. It will be the biggest event in the store’s history, Commencing November 1, through daily sleeping-car service. Kansas City to Jacksonville, Fla., via Mem- phils, Birmingham wnd Atianta, wil Inaugurated by tie FRISCO 'SYS- TEM and will be continued through- out the winter montns. ‘The Southeastern Limited train leaves Kansas City gat’ 6:30 p. m. daily, making the run to Jacksonville in 88 hours." Tn addition to through sleeper to Jacksonville, this train carries ele- want chair cars and Observation Cafe ear, operated by Fred Harvey. » No other line offers such superb service. For further information write or address J. ©. Lovrien, Ass’t Gen'l Pass'r Agent, Kansas City, Mo. YIDDISH DIVORCES. They Are Boldly Advertised For in tee Rast Bad @ tenden, te Sat Bae OF Londen. Matrimonial advertisements, says the London Standard, are nothing new either in this country or abroad, - But there will probably be something “hovel to most people in the idea of married folk advertising fora divoree | in the same public and businesslike fashion, Rather an uncommon pro- “ceeding anywhere, many readers will, J imagine, be inclined to remark. Far from it, though! It is quitean or- dinary thing among the mixed and motley foreign multitude quartered in the ghettos of east London. Here, in the first ofa batch of Yiddish jour- nals on whieh [ chanced to lay hands in the East end, I came across one of these singular avertisements. It is typical of its kind, and is inserted by a woman residing in the Aldgate dis- trict, who requests her absent hus- band to oblige and send her a divoree, much in the same way as a Gealer would ask a customer to favor him with a remittance in the ordinary course of trade. The notice is head- ed, in Yiddish, of course: “Ikh zikh miin mann;” that is: “I a.n looking for my husband.” It sets forth that the said “mann” has left his wife and children forsometime. The wife has, however, managed to build upa “gute biznes,” whic his too much for her to carry on alone, so he may return and help. If not, the advertisement concludes, “will he at once send hera divorce, and she will go back ‘der- heim’ to Russia to her parents.” ‘Phere is, ] may add, nothing anony- mous about the notice, no suppres- sion, no attempt to conceal the iden- tity of the parties concerned. The names are given in full, as well as the address to which the desired docu- ment is to be transmitted. All, in fact, is plain, direct and straightfor- ward, suggesting at once that the giv- ing of such divorces must be quite an ordinary proceeding among the for- eign Jews over here. And so, indeed, it is. It is really reduced toa busi- ness, a business which, in its detail and cireumstances, throws an instrue- tive light on some of the singular ac- tualities of Yiddish life in east Lon- don, The divorce here referred to, and customary among the Jewish East enders, is not, of course, a divorce ac- cording to the law of the land. It is the go-styled rabbinical “ghet,” the modern equivalent of the Biblical | “bill of divorcement” which a hus- ‘band under the Mosaic dispensation could hand to his wife, and so get rid other, But, toall practical purposes, so far as the Yiddish residents here ee concerned, this “ghet” is as ef- fective as though it were granted by ‘the highest tribunal of the empire. If, -as in the case of the advertisements above quoted, the woman chooses to return to Russia, the divorce is valid according to Muscovite law. ‘The Jews throughout the czar’s domin- ‘ions have the privilege of their own “marriage code, and a divorce under a ‘rabbinical preseription is a divorce a ‘la Russe. “The woman can marry again there and return here, when her second union, being valid in Russia, will be deemed valid here. And if the woman should elect to remain in this country there are scores of East end rabbis who, for a consideration, will undertake to remarry either of ‘the sundered parties according to the Prana ae THE LIAR AND THE LADY. One Author of Whom a Devoted Book- worm Had Never Heard. A gentleman who spends his life entirely immersed in books has a wife who never reads anything, but she likes to occasionally pretend an interest in her husband’s hobby; and so from time to time, says the Phila- delphia Telegraph, she goes to the library and takes down a book just for the sake of appearances. “I chose a book this morring,” she remarked the other day to her hus- band, “by an author name¢. Voliv. Ie he considered a good writer?” “Voliv2” said the good man, in a puzzled tone. And then not liking to confess himself ignorant of one of the books in his own library, he add- ed: “Yes, my dear, a writer of very considerable power, who possesses @ remarkable insight into his subject.” But when she had completed her elaborate toilet and gone off to make asocial call, he sneaked into her room to discover the book of the author of whom he had neverheard. Itturned out to be a volume of Browning’s po- etry, which happened to have been bound with no name at ‘the back, whary it merely bore the legend vol. Charity. Charity covers a multitude of skins —Schoolmaster. Lhe Province of the Funny Man Clearly the funny man has a mission to perform in this life that is as essential as that of the physician, the school teacher or the chiropodist. It is the mission of the funny man to recall the SR smile to the soured and mildewed face and make Cie. MO han laugh through his indigestion. He has fay’ ts te no higher duty to perform than this, but even § pris abe within these apparent limitations there is a vast i GE SNMEET 4) province, a province bounded on the north by We “| the settled pessimist with sciatic rheumatism and i ae © yy] Sons-in-law, on the east by the confirmed egotist sh 2p A |) bo dubs all humor a bore, on the south by the | We) Mose) profound and didactic scholar who wears his oh Te aE intellect in a text book and refuses to approve eae of a joke unless he can chloroform it and put it i Pierslaw pi enki’ as” dires Er mae Atigah eas cae bdraie equation or the puzzle that comes with the soap, and on the west oy the man who yearns to be made light-hearted and gay, but who Jocsn't know the difference between a shaft of humor and a surcingle. ‘lo humanity within these limits the humorist must minister, and, having learned that a merry heart doeth good like a dose of medicine and that there is nothing more healthful than a good laugh, he must set about his task most conscientiously and devotedly. When he considers that one sentence may do a wan and emaciated invalid more good than a pound of beef steak, and that some other ho!llow-cheeked sufferer, read- ing through one article, may be able to shed his porous plaster and take aew hope, the humorist’s mission becomes both serious and lofty. When the humorist, we say, realizes that he is writing literature and shall go on the market as the ceaseless competitor of the liver-pad, hounding it wheresoever it may roam, and that his every word contains more nutri ment for adult or infant than a fried egg or an onion, he cannot look upon his mission in life with a feeling other than that of grave re- sponsibility, And the funny man, therefore, cannot mistake his province. It is clearly defined as it is praiseworthy, His field is co-extensive with that of the predigested breakfast food, the health-lift and the shoulder brace. ‘To the man who may be bothered with insomnia, ringing in the cars, peevishness, dandruff on the shoulder, freckless, membranous croup or cotton in the ears, and who is mentally equipped to see the point of a joke without calling in somebody from the street to help him find it, the junny man, whether he be a humorist, comedian or an English lecturer endeavoring to tell a story in negro dialect, is a perfect panacea When the humorist can bring momentary surcease from sorrow to one sad heart or coax the wrinkle of mirth to the saddened visage of one man who wears a chronic expression of the face that is as gloomy as that of the worried countryman who is alone in a great city and has just diseovered that he has intrusted his valise with a fictitious stranger, he | feels that he has not labored altogether in vain, | Education and Social Progress By PROF. GEORGE HERBERT LOCKE, QTEK | 1S an old idea that the schools should reflect the social 4 A progress of a community. If this idea is to exist the school 7 Lf should reflect the best of socital conditions under which aw H we live. Dut civilized life goes ahead and the school comes Wy yi ya tagging along after it. ‘The right kind of social progress Mxanaany cannot be obtained under these conditions. ‘There are in the school many things which we do not find in the social life of to-day. There are many studies in the cur- riculuim which are there only as traditions of the past, when they had some social value. The function of these studies at one time was to make the pupi’s better able to participate in the social life about him, to enable bin to be more successful and therefore happier. hon an organ of the human body ceases to function it decays and becomes a source of disease. It is the same with some of these unneces- sary subjects. We ought to be able'to answer the boy or girl who ques- tions of a study “What good is it?” If we cannot answer such questions satisfactorily, let us cast these studies out and bend our energies to lead- ing boys and girls to a better preparation for their duties to society. ‘The school has too often lagged far behind. It does not reflect the existing civilization, but some old civilizati.. ‘Times change, but it is altogether seldom that we make corresponding changes in our educational systems and practices. “Progress in commerce and science has to be forcibly pointed out and even then the sleeping school system resents the making of a change. ‘The reason for this condition lies in the fact that our educational system has became highly systematized and institutionalized. ‘To evolve new plans necessitates experimentation and the school is loath to ex. periment. Laziness is a mild word to characterize the attitude of many teachers in this regard, but the same is true of the schools in geenral. Administrative boards wait until civilization is so advanced that the school is out of date and no longer turns out a merchantable product. ‘They take “careful consideration” and make a few changes. By that time, however, social progress has gained another lead on the school. It is a sad fact that all our progress in educational matters has come as the result of pressure. I maintain that the attitude of the school toward social progress should be that of a leader, It should point out ideas and lead toward them in an interesting and alluring manner. ‘The school ought to condi- tion social progress and not be conditioned by it. We cannot hope for a science of education until these things are realized. Faith vs. Creeds By REV. W. HANSON PULSFORD. Y believe. Believe what? Every religion, different answer, Creeds are only made to | cry religion, every sect, points with pride cir belief has remade. By their fruits shall id no faith has been without its heroes. But the fruit is not the result of mental ceptance which is in no sense mental, of sitions. It only happens to be associated w sential thing is what often goes along with ises without it. Faith is a new attitude tow of the center of personality from the na dual living to a wider range. It is the grov nsciousness, Call it by what name you ry man the ability to identify himself w at Rat nictatda thtenaadé sha ida ad Mack. shin 128 NLY believe. Believe what? Every religion, every sect, has a different answer. Creeds are only made to be revised. Yet every religion, every sect, points with pride to men whom their belief has remade. By their fruits shall ye know them, and no faith has been without its heroes. Hut the fruit is not the result of mental acceptance, or acceptance which is in no sense mental, of theological pro- positions. It only happens to be associated with them. The essential thing is what often goes along with that and often arises without it. Faith is a new attitude toward life Tt je the shifting of the center of personality from the narrow circle of selfish individual living to a wider range, It is the growth of a larger expanded consciousness, Call it by what name you will, there is latent in every man the ability to identify himself with something which seems at first outside himself, the life of God, the life of the reborn which is from above, the life which is of faith, By HARRY DANIEL, edi ll bata Oli arta It is the mission of the funny man to recall the smile to the soured and mildewed face and make a man laugh through his indigestion. He has no higher duty to perform than this, but even within these apparent limitations there is a vast province, a province bounded on the north by the settled pessimist with sciatic rheumatism and sons-in-law, on the cast by the confirmed egotist who dubs all humor a bore, on the south by the profound and didactic scholar who wears his intellect in a text book and refuses to approve of a joke unless he can chloroform it and put it tinder a inicroséope or work it out like an alee Of Chicago University, The Preacher and &ts Sermon By REV. LATHAN A, CRANDALL. i Formerly Pastor of John D. Rockefeller's Church, and now of Memorial Ba @ point that will not require a microscope to find, or & wD flaring label to identify or understand. A preacher Te should always aim to say something when he under thee wo gee, a Rae I Sermons ought to have clearly defined divisions Some people have horror of sermonic bones. They at the firstly, secondly and thirdly. They tell us they do not w to see the frame of the sermon. As between A SKELETON AND BAG OF JELLY WITH THE BAG LEFT OFF, I PREFER THI SKELETON. 4 1'do not know of any valid reason why a preacher SHOULD Ale WAYS CHOOSE A TEXT. There are many themes for which it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to find a fitting passage to serve as a text, We hear much about “Preaching for the times.” ‘The exact mean: Ing of this phrase is not always clear, Practically, however, the message for the man of the twentieth century is in most respects like that which was brought to the man of the first century. Human nature remains about the same in spite of the many changes the centuries bring about) The helpful message of to-day, as always, must be one which is distinct, clear and full of hope, ‘Training in sermon writing and delivery is neglected in our theolog- ical seminaries. I am convinced that the attention given systematic theology, church history and Old and New Testament exegesis is dis- proportionately large compared to the training given to men to present the results of their study and prayer in such a way as to build up the Kingdom of God. ‘The man who shuts himself up six days in the week with his books and devotes himself to contemplation and hard thinking may produce sermons admirable from the standpoint of scolarship, preparation and wide reading, but such sermons will lack vitality. ‘They will touch only the intellectual side of life, and even there their value is questionable, THE FORM OF THEOLOGY WHICH A MAN Hons ANT DECLARES HAS LITTLE OR NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS POPULARITY AS A PREACHER. There is a deal of ae talked about “THE HUNGERING OF THE MASSES FOR ‘T) GOSPEL.” If any man knows of ANY SUCH SPECIFIC MASS OF HUMANITY he will confer a favor upon a large number of preach: ers by pointing it out. Certainly Chicago does not abound with masses of this character, The Trusts Rule the Nation By HON. ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE, Governr of Wisconsia, One of the causes of revolution proclaimed in the declaration dependence was: “Imposing taxes on us without our consent.” so day great aggregations of corporate wealth AIAN immunity from taxation in our legislatures Rist cant throw the burden which they should bear ug i. Mm \\ the individual taxpayer of every municipal A 4 @ \ and state. Betrayed by his representative, | One of the causes of revolution proclaimed in the declaratio independence was: “Imposing taxes on us without our consent.” 3 day great aggregations of corporate wealth aii wn immunity from taxation in our legislatures Area! throw the burden which they should bear. i. Mam, \\ the individual taxpayer of every municig MY and state. Betrayed by his representative Ay wygjeme | individual taxpayer is overtaxed for the b NAN ge of the corporation, ei Sas TAXATION WITHOUT REP: wey © SENTATION IS AS MUCH A CR ; Eee) AGAINST JUST AND EQUAL GOVE Sey §=§=MENT IN 1903 AS IT WAS IN 1776, bee ernment by corporations is as destructive o Tihertiee af the nennile af thie enuntey oe th ercise of the same power by a foreign monarch. ‘The arbirary control of the price of coal and iron and corm wheat and beef, whether by an extortionate transportation rate ot by monster combination, is a more absolute tyranny of the American pe than quartering the army of King George upon the American colonists without their consent. Let ais see if the time be not ripe for a new declaration of ican independence. We are building up colossal fortunes, granting limited power to corporate organization and consolidating and nan together business interests as never before in the commercial history the world, but the people are losing control of their own governmer Its foundations are being sapped and its integrity destroyed. ‘The gravest danger menacing republican institutions to-day is be overbalancing control of city, state and national legislatures by wealth and power of public service corporations. ‘The national govers- ment, every state government, every city government has its problem te solve—not at some other time, but now. Se Triple Source of the “a? Nation's Wealth By PROF. CHARLES F, MILLSPAUGH, Curator of Botany in Field Columbian Museum, Chicage. HE three botanical produets of this continent, playing amy ) important part in the social and economic problems of the world, with a commercial interest so deep as to fe properly considered the greatest sources of America’s wealth, are timber, corn and cotton. The’ majestic forests, stretching from Maine to Mississippi, and great northwest; the corn, “within whose yellow hi there is of health and streneth for all natione:” thet cotton, with its snowy fleece, converted into raiment for all the peopl of the earth, mark this abundant, fruitful, wondrous land as the we est among the manifestations of God. Of the 900,000,000 pounds of cotton-seed oil produced in country, from an average cotton crop, much goes abroad and returns olive oil, and some of it becomes olive oil without foreign travel, of this oil goes to the coast of Maine, whence, with young eal bronzed tin boxes, it returns to our markets as French sardines. Nearly one-half masquerades as pure butter and fine leaf lard, and the balanee somes squarely before us as cottolene and cotosuet. Ay The effect of a pure vegetable fat of this type upon a nation using a vast amount of lard and butter, as does the American nation, prove of great benefit to the health of the people at large. It does a1 with much of the danger of tuberculous contamination from cows anid thichiinotie Invanled: Bicir! aentna | ‘Governor of Wisconsin, day great aggregations of corporate wealth buy immunity from taxation in our legislatures and! throw the burden which they should bear wy 1 the individual taxpayer of every municipali and state, Betrayed by his representative, individual taxpayer is overtaxed for the ben of the corporation. TAXATION WITHOUT REPR SENTATION IS AS MUCH A CRIM AGAINST JUST AND EQUAL GOVERI MENT IN 1903 AS IT WAS IN 1776. Gov. ernment by corporations is as destructive of the liberties of the people of this country as the ex-