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The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

He had figured closely. He might
manage il he could wear fig leaves,
but
He scratched the cigars-no improve
ment: the lunches-little better! 1t
would pay for his hats and shoes may
hap, but no more.
He dropped his pencil and began to
retrospect. UP to two months g he
had managed all right. That it had
been only two months ago accounted
for the fact that he was dressed as be-
came a civilized citizen Of New York
and not as a Fiji islander. Two
months ago he had neither; hence the
flowers, theater tickets and suppers.
His restropection was not n pleasing
one. She was rich, accomplished, beau
tiful. And he? He stopped there. The
hundred dollars a month summed him
self up completely to his own mind. He
loved her, and she had found him
pleasing enough to invite him to her
house, to go out with him and to wear
his flowers. She would not marry him,
of course. And If she would? He look
ed at the list again and smiled grimly.
For an hour he sat, silent, medita-
tive: then desperately he drew a line
through each of the last three items.
Miss Ludlow's amazement deepened
as the days went by and the n man
above all others did not come. She
had seen the love in his earnest blue
eyes, had felt it in his voice, his caress-
ing care for her comfort. His whole
big, manly self had conveyed it uncon-
s~ciously in every move. He had been
introduced by a friend of her father.
she knew he was with Stevens bank
ing house, and that was all. Somehow
they had not talked of themselves, ana.
strangely enough, she could not talk OF
him to others.
She waited a week, two. then
"A lady to see you, Mr.. Osmere." said
the Office boy.
Osmere finished what he was writ
ing, then went calmly into the recep-
ton room.
Florence" he cried, then stood star
ing at her with hungry eyes.
She waited a moment uncertainty,
the blood dyeing her cheeks and a
tremulous little smile wavering on her
lips. She had never looked SO good to
him. He felt that he had never known
just how fair and sweet she was.
As he gazeo at her dumbly her shy,
embarrassed air changed to one Of
wounded dignity, though her big brown
eyes still looked into his with wistful
questioning.
I'm glad to see you," he stammered.
"I've been busy. p
Her head was lifted quickly. The
tremulous smile ended in a careless
laugh.
II am busy, too, so | will not detain
you long. / want the address of your
friend, the violinist of whom you were
telling me-"
He wrote the address almost blindly,
He suddenly knew-that she cared.
Silently he handed her the card. He
dared not trust himself to speak.
She thanked him gayly-women can
do such things-then hurried out ia
5 hide the tears in her eyes.
She cried al the way home. When
2 she reached her room, she locked al
? the card he had given her. She looked
at it again mechanically, then sat down
and studied it intently.
After dinner she handed it to her ia
ther.
Il want you to read this" she said
1 and. dropping OF her knees beside him
| she laid her soft, flushed cheek against
t his.
t He adjusted his glasses carefully and
= reao:
Monthly income ..................s 10(
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31
1901, j. S. Trigg, Rockford, Iowa
Correspondence Solicited.

Fine naval oranges are $2.10 a box
at points in the central West, consider
ably cheaper than good apples.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

The present high prices of all dairy
food rations is greatly charging the
number of COWS which do not pay for
their board.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

We hardly believe it pays to bother
much to raise roots as a succulent win
ter ration for stock when silage can be
SO much more easily prepared, stored
and fed. But if one cannot put up 81
lage by all means have some roots for
winter feeding.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

An acre of cheap farm land will quite
likely produce just as good and often
better crops than an acre of rs dollar
land, while the crop may not sell for
quite so much money because of the
higher freight rate the sum total of
this difference is not very much after
all
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

So long as interests rates keep way
down just so long will there be a good
demand for farm land.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

In most of the states woman's prop
erty rights are not fairly and properly
protected. There is nothing fair or right
when a mans brothers and father can
step in and take property which the
man and his wife alone have accumu-
lated by joint work, and where no will is
left this can be done in several states.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

The Whippoorwill pea is being high
ly commended as a valuable legume for
use in nearly all the northern states,
But little is known of its merits in the
West.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

A consignment of Mexican oranges
for San Francisco was recently seized
and burned up, boxes Of and all. They
were affected by a yellow worm, a new
pest, which if introduced into the ci-
trus belt Of the coast would work in
calculable damage.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

A coming demand for an eight-hour
day in mining is announced IN the CEN
trail western coal fields.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

The willow tree, planted ten feet
apart each way on moist, rich bottom
land, will cut about 70 cords of wood to
the acre inside of fifteen years.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

There is one thing about turkey, or
anges and a lot of other delicacies. one
soon gets very tired of them, while.
luckily for health and pocketbook, good
homemade bread, oatmeal, potatoes and
buckwheat cakes we never weary of.
The best things after all, are the cheap
est
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

Booker Washington, the modern Mo-
ses of the Ethiopian race, AYERS that the
salvation of the negro depends upon his
being taught how to cultivate the soil,
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

A stockman five years ago selected
three very promising and we'll bred
steer calves with the purpose in view
of seeing how big he could make them
succeeded in making them average over
1900 pounds each at the end of five
years, but he was greatly disappointed
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

If it was not that the English farm
hand expects and receives about three
pints of good, strong beer a day, he
would rebel and refuse to work for the
wages paid him.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

The English walnut is being success
fully grown in the state Of New Jersey.
We have often wondered why this most
valuable nut tree was not given more
attention in Kentucky, West Virginia
and other states having like climatic
conditions. Up to this time California
is the only state which has shown any
interest In the cultivation of this tree.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

The American people have no inter
est whatever in the maintenance of the
sugar trusts refineries, hut they do have
a vital and abiding interest in the es-
Enlistment and development of as
many beet sugar ~refineries as possible
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

The laws of Minnesota provide a fine
of $40 for any farmer who allows wild
mustard to go to seed upon his prem
Uses. There are some men up there who
would have to go into bankruptcy if
this law was enforced against them.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

A lumber company during the last
winters work in the north woods, en-
ploying 200 men, had during the winter
no less than 1000 different men upon
its pay roll. The trouble was that just
as soon as a man had earned enough
to go to Minneapolis and have a rip
roaring old time he would quit work.
This sort would be better off as slaves
than as free men.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
BY vENE

Copyright, 1902. by 9. o. Mcclure Coz
II e went over II again. Useless!
The income stretched not. nor
did the output dwindle. There
it stood:
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

An American boy-young man man
perhaps would be better, for he is 81
years old, though he only weighs 80
pounds will draw a bigger salary the
coming year than the president OF the
United States-$55, 000-as a horse jock
ey under contract with the king of
England to ride the kings racehorses
The boy is probably cheap at this price
when the stakes he will win for his
royal master are taken into account,
The king is also shrewd in getting an
American boy to ride his horses, for il
there is a prize to be won the Ameri-
can usually wins 1t.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

A friend of ours who has a farm of
100 acres in the Eastern portion of
South Dakota which he rents to a pref
ty good tenant tells us that the two
ffths of the crop which he receives for
his share has netted him an average of
$3.50 per acre for the past four years,
which is equivalent to 6 per cent in
terest on a valuation of $55 per acre
for the farm, yet where this farm is To-
Gated good farms are selling now at $25
to $50 per acre.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-16

full headway while one contractor has
three planned ready to commence
work on. A good sized building Is
going up on Main street for business
purposes.
Aztec is now the home OF a resi-
dent Baptist minister, sent here by
the Home Mission society and SER
vices are held each Sunday.
OURAY, Colo. Oct. 15.-The Stim-
son Democratic rally here proved to
be anything but hot number. In
fact, without any frills. it was frost
The attendance was very good. but
there was clammy coldness through
out the meeting with the exception of
a goodly number OF socialists who ap-
plauded when anything favorable to
their side was mentioned, but when
lnsley got up to speak the Socialists
some fifty in number, got up and
walked out in a body, a rebuff for
his acts in connection with the Cripple
Creek strike. 1t is safe to say that
one thousand miners of Ouray will
vote against lnsley and a large ma
iority will be against the entire Dem
ocratic ticket.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-16
INCONSISTENCIES OF
THE BUckLlN BILL

| Whatever arguments may be ad-
yanced in favor of the Australian
land tax system as a theory. the fact
remains that the Bucklin constitution
al amendment is an inconsistent. inco-
herent and inadvisable piece OF ex-
permental legislation.
| II the amendment should be ratified
by the people of the state, four condi-
tons might arise,
First Neither the legislature nor
any of the counties might take any
action under the amendment, in
which case taxation matters would
remain precisely as they are.
Second. The Legislature might
adopt the law made possible by the
amendment and no county might take
any action.
Third. The legislature might adopt
a Bucklin tax law, and one or more
counties might also approve 1t.
Fourth. The Legislature might re-
fuse to adopt such law, and one or
more counties might try the expert
ment.
If the Legislature should pass such
a law. then in the counties that also
adopted the Bucklin system it would
be necessary to have two sets OF ac
| counts. and two sets of values on
lands. franchises and rights of way.
One-third of the state tax and all of
the local taxes would be collected by
the new plan, and two-thirds OF the
state tax upon the old plan.
II the state legislature should re-
fuse to pass any such law, then in the
counties that did try the new expert
ment, 1t would be necessary to keep
two sets of accounts and to place
two valuations upon each piece of i'm
proved land and upon franchises and
rights Of way. All of the state taxes
would be assessed according to the old
system. while the city, school and
county taxes would be raised accord
ing to the new plan.
Under the Bucklin amendment as
1t now stands 1t would be an impossi-
bility to do away entirely with the old
tax system. and whichever combina-
tion prevailed in any particular coun-
lty, there would still be the necessity
for preserving and continuing the old
force of deputy assessors. the assess
ment rolls for personal property. the
old system of afildavits which the
Bucklin people declare put premium
upon perjury, and In fact, all of the
paraphernalia Of the old system, in
addition to which 1t would be neces-
sary to list the property and collect
taxes under the new system, unless
the Legislature and all the counties
should refuse to have anything to do
with it
II we are to make experiments in
single taxation in this state. let US
make an experiment In a dignified and
sensible manner. But until the advo-
Gates Of that form Of taxation can pre-
sent bill to the voters that does
not retain all the alleged evils and
faults OF the present system. while at
the same time involving the taxpayers
in additional expense and creating
never ending confusion and uncertain.
ty in all taxes, their proposition should
be rejected.
The Bucklin amendment is a danger
Gus experiment and 1t should be de
feated.-Colorado Springs Gazette.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-16

Improvement is the order of the day
at Gradens. This has been demon
strated on more than one occasion.
Nothing too good for those who pat
ronize the various departments. To
make the store warm and comfortable
during the winter months steam heat
has lately been placed SO that the en-
tire building will be evenly warmed.
The plant consists of the latest In the
way OF steam boiler and heating ap-
paratus, while the pipes are large and
will conduct plenty of warmth. While
east Mr.. X. f. Sloan made 1t a point
to investigate the best makes and no
expense has been spared. The eight
or nine stoves formerly in use will
be done away with while cleanliness
will be one of the main conveniences.
Anyone figuring on a large heating
system might do well to examine the
Graden plant, And now to keep COM
pany with the inside improvements
a new heavy plank walk has been laid
on Main avenue which adds to the
durability. And while this has been
going on the clerks report being kept
on the jump. Fall trade has opened
in fine shape and with the unusually
well selected stock ladies' can ind
anything desired In the dry goods de-
partment II you want ready made
garments. the Graden people can sup
ply you. and II you want the best the
dressmakers art can produce you can
be supplied by telling your wants to
Madame Wade. while Miss Fageriand
will be pleased to show you the lates,
In millinery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-08
Farmer Near Gladbrook Cuts
His Throat With a Razor
This Morning
ILL HEALTH WAS THE CAUSE
Had Been Severe Sufferer for Year
From Stomach Troubie-Members of
the Family Mortified to Find His
Lifeless Body in Bed When They
Went to His Room.
special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Gladbrook, Dec. Sud Hulse, living
six miles south of Gladbrook, commit
ed suicide by cutting his throat with a
razor at an early hour this morning.
Hulse had been a severe sufferer for
about a year from stomach trouble.
Members of Hulse's family went 10 his
room at, O'clock this morning to see
how he was and ascertain If there was
anything to be done for him. Hulse
stated then that he felt a little better.
He went to sleep and the rest of the
family also sleep, not awakening again
until about o'clock this morning.
When a member of the went to Hulse.
room this morning, he was horrified to
find him dead in his bed with the head
nearly severed with a razor. The
bloody weapon was found by his side
where it had dropped from his nerveless
grasp, while the bed was saturated with
blood from the CHASTITY wound. Coro-
ner Allen, of Toledo, has been summon
ed and will probably hold an inquest.
Hulse was between 40 and so years of
age and leaves wife and three boys
and two girls. He was we'll known in
the neighborhood and was fairly Well
to-do, A brother lives in Gladbrook.
The funeral arrangements are not yet
p,adp
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-08
Cues Western Union.
1o Times- Republican.

Special to Times-R Republican.
Perry, Dec. ST. A. Wildman. the
auctioneer, has instituted suit against
the Western Union Telegraph Company
for damages. On Tuesday, Aug. 10, a
telegram was filed at Rhodes, Iowa.
which was addressed to Mr.. Wildman
and read as follows "Can you sell for
E. w. Hartman at Laurel on the 23d?
Answer at once. J. w. CARTS"
The message was received here
promptly on the 18th, but it was not
delivered to Mr.. Wildman until Thurs
day, Aug. 81.
The Rhodes man expected reply
from Mr.. Wildman on the 18th of Au-
gust, the day the message was sent,
and upon not receiving any such reply
he secured another auctioneer As 1T
happened Mr.. Wildman had an open
day on the 23d and could and would
have cried the sale at that time had he
received the message. As 1t was he did
not receive it, and was entirely idle on
the 23d Of August. He seeks to recover
the value of his time for that day
about S25.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-08
Scheme to Combine All Button
Factories in Iowa Fell Thru
Options Expire
OPERATORS COULD NOT AGREE
1t Is Now Hustle and Scramble to
Get Shells and Factories Could Not
Agree as to This Point-Muscatine
Center of the Button lndustry-Will
Try Again. ..a.y.
~.
,necial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Muscatine, Dec. S.-The scheme to
merge all the button factories of Mus
catine and the west into gigantic
trust has fallen thru, at least for the
present, and options once held on fac
tories in this city have expired.
Some time ago rumor was out to
the effect that an agent for an eastern
syndicate was in Muscatine, who was
securing options on some of the leading
button factories of the city with the in
tention of forming the business into
gigantic trust for the purpose of mutual
protection and for the additional and
important purpose of paying greater
dividends
The list of December 1t is said the OPP
tions on these various plants expired
and the merger fell thru. Just what
was the cause can not be learned at this
time. but 1t is thought 1t was from the
fact that some of the local men failed
to agree on just who should be IN the
merger, and another reason was that
it was hard for the button men to meet
on common ground. The industry as a
comparatively young one, and TINS
made it doubly hard to accomplish any
thing of this character.
There are many points on which the
button interests of this city, and In fact
this part of the country, do not agree.
For instance the price to be paid for
shells. The shells are not bought from
large concerns, who can establish
market price, but are purchased largely
from individuals, who are out for the
money and the factory paying the best
price secures the shells. Other points
similar come up every day or SO. ana TO
get the people on an equal basis is al
most impossible.
But the idea of button combine has
not died by any means, and 1t may pc
that another will be started before the
winter is over. 1t Is said that down In
New York are a number of capitalists,
who are looking towards Muscatlne ana
the button business with the idea OF Sc
curing control of the largest factories
and organizing gigantic trust. or
course. they would have to get Musca-
tine factories lined up first OF all, as
they are the leading ones in the country
and without them the combine would
have little weight. 1t mas been SAID
that in these organizations OF capital,
many times three or four efforts nave
to be made before they are successful,
and as this is only the first effort no
doubt 1T will be tried again. The but
ton men at the present time are pur-
suing the even tenor of their ways, all
doing an enormous business, ana the
talk of a trust and combine has been
RELOCATED to the rear, as far as Musca-
tine is concerned. 1t appears certain
that If a combine is effected Muscatine
viii, he made even more important as a
button center than at present.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-08
SNOW WILL BURY US.
indian Prophet at Tama Predicts as
Much Snow as We Had Rain.

tmuCn 0noW as we TAU oai'.
Specla! 70 mes-Repupiican
Montour, Dec. S-If the prediction OF
a weatherwise Tama Indian can be re-
lied on the residents of Iowa Will De
buried under many feet of snow this
winter.
The red man. who has been success
full in his predictions in the past, states
with all confidence that we shall re-
ceiVe as many snowstorms this winter
as we received thunderstorms last sum-
mer. He says that the rule has never
failed in the past, and he sees no reason
why it should in the future.
All the usual tokens of hard. snowy
winter, as displayed by the muskrat,
squirrel, corn husks, ETC., he claims, go
to strengthen the natural sequence of
deep snowfall following a heavy rain
fall.
Nearly forty eight inches of rain fell
during the summer months. and IL the
moisture in the form of snow is to equal
this record this will be our pitiable con-
dition:
One inch of rain in the form of snow
equals between six and seven inches
Forty eight inches of rain therefore
III the form Of snow will equal 312 inch
es, or twenty-six feet.
That is to say, the snow will be TWEEN
ty-six feet deep on the level. OF course
it will be much deeper in the drifts
probably from seventyfiv to $50 feet
in places.
The average height of houses Is
sbout thirty feet. 1t can thus be seen
that with little shoveling one will be
enabled to get into the upstairs
window.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-08

odebolt. III. 80
n 7. Shea bought wagon load OF
chickens on Tuesday for when ne panl
s1s0.5S. A year ago the same ioad
would have brought not quite one nun
bred dollars.
Cismons.
the tribune says: Talk about your
corn nicking! Claude Cox slip husked
nearly $50 bushels one day last week
from s:45 a. m. until s: Is p. m. That's
not so bad, is 1t!
Auburn.
The Recorder thinks that Auburn
with a population Of 800 people IS the
smallest city in the United states
to install manufactured gas for light
ing and heating purposes.
Buffalo Center.
r 10 estimated that not over half
of the corn crop in Winnebago county
has been cribbed yet. The way things
look now to the Tribune the other hall
is not liable to be put in before spring.
Gladbrook.
The Northern says: In short drive
RI the country the other day we saw
nlows. harrows, binders, hay leaders
atc standing in the fields where last
need No wonder that so many farmers
| go broke
Thompson. 80
Miss Ruth Clark writes home from
Colorado that she has completely re-
covered from the lung affection winch
was troubling her when she lett mere
| for the mountains and that she is no"
anioving most excellent health.
Rockford.
Geo McElory cribbed $500 bushels OF
fine sound corn from 80 acres-apour
the best record the Register has heara
/ of. Not over two-thirds, II there
| is that much, of the corn yet husked'
The help is not to be had to gather
the crop.
Iowa Falls.
Three suffrage clubs have been Or
ganized recently in this county by Mrs
McMillen. They are at Radcliffe, Hub
hard and New Providence, and make
eight such organizations in Hardin
county. - % One or two cars of hard
coal have already appeared on the To-
cal market and were unloaded without
anv extra charge for being kept in the
car too long.
Bows.
Hog cholera has broken out in F.
A. Schroeders neighborhood, south
west of Bows. Mr.. Schroeder says
| his neighbor, l.. d. Woodley, has lost
| a couple hundred hogs and pigs, and
one of his sons lost almost his entire
drove. e. A. Thayer and Cal.
Huey have been shipping in corn from
southern Iowa for feeding purposes. II
costs about As cents delivered here
| and is Of very dne quality.