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The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07
PietY and offering.

In the prairie regions Of the West the
limited area of timber lands along the
rivers and creeks was counted by the
early settlers as very desirable prop
erty. Oftentimes spectators appro-
priated these tracts, and then the specu-
lators' forty became anything but a
means of grace to that community. We
know well of one locality where it was
utterly impossible for the parsons of
any denomination to maintain a church
or even get up a revival Of religion un-
til the last stick of timber on these
spectators lands had been stolen. At
ter this timber was all disposed of
times changed, a church was built. and
today it is a ~law-abiding and God-fear-
ing community.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07
Winter Pasture.

Winter pasture is a queer sounding
title to men who live where winter runs
from November to March, and still such
pastures, even in such ATTITUDES. may be
very useful. They are made by taking
the stock from the blue grass pasture
not later than the middle of June and
allowing the grass to grow untouched
until winter. Given a winter with but
little sno and such pasture will be
much relished by all young stock and
horses particularly, and then such treat
ment of the pasture greatly strengthens
the DOT system Of the grass and insures
a better growth the following year. The
plan Is well worth trying wherever a
part of the pasture can be spared for
this
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

come at last through 'seth's' inven-
ton"
About the time he gets 1t to work
ing right there will be a law prevent
ing the use of them said the editor.
Not as long as they use them fur
church purposes continued Uncle Bill.
AN IL they do O'Fallon has got a
scheme that will make The natives come
a-runnin'. Him an Clancy is organiz-
ing an Irish an Chinese colony fur the
lsthmus uv Panama when they git the
canal built that way.
Wall, by dumb | must be goin'.
Helen wanted me ter git back in time
ter turn the wringer,' said Uncle Bill
as he made a grab for the door knob.
Bring O'Fallonylp; his scheme may
have some points OF interest" remark
ed the editor as he reached for his
corncob and a match.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07
nE HE world is goln, ter be revo-

INT HE world is goin' ter be revo-
lutionized bye n bye said
Uncle Bill. as he hitched his
team in front of the editors
Office and proceeded toward the editor,
who was standing in the doorway, wait
ing for something 10 relieve the mon
Otony.
Have you quit chewing tobacco"
asked the editor.
What made yer think | had?" in
quired Uncle Bill.
"Oh, you are doing considerable
rag-chewing lately" cheerfully re-
sponded the editor.
Wall, I'll tell yer bout that" re-
marked Uncle Bill, 81 did swear off
chawin', but | came ter town an play
ed a nickle-in-the-slot machine, an got
a quarters worth NV checks, so l post
poned my swearin' off ontil | could use
ZEN up"
You are too old to lay it onto a slot
machine said the editor. Il don't be-
lieve hat you cared about quitting
I've had my habits so long now
that they have ter be respected. Yes,
atween Helen an my habits I'm pur-
ty well bossed,' s~oliloquized Uncle Bill.
What makes you think hat the
world will be revolutionized?" asked
the editor.
Slot machines is goin' ter do il. If
a Teller wants ter be worth remember
in, he must W a slot machine an git
on the end where the money comes in,
instead NV bein' a feeder fur EN-" de-
cisively remarked Uncle Bill. why,
everything 'cept farmin' is bein' done
by slot machines. When a Teller wants
ter hear a sermon preached, he kin go
an put in his nickle, an mebby he'll git
a nickle's worth NV religion, an per-
haps "a dollars worth; it'll jest depend
on luck, cause a Teller kin git every
thing, from a stick NV gum ter a stick
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07
Nv religion. All yer have ter do now

wv ltliSlOl. AL yer nave Ter no HOW
is ter drop yer money in a slot ma
chine when in trouble, an if yer lucky,
it'll pass away; if not, yer'll git more
NV it. If a Teller wants ter play poker
now, all he has ter do is drop in a pen
Ivy or a nickle. an he's a full fledged
gambler. The machine puts up a hand
on him once in a while. but he's gittin'
action all the same; an it'll put fringe
on the bottom NV his trousers jest as
quick as the ole-fashioned 'three-call-
FIVE will"
They are running pretty steadily in
some places" asserted the editor.
Seth Wiggers is i~nventin' one fur
the farmers" said Uncle Bill, boast
ingly. ."If there's enything Seth kin
do, an do well, it's ter invent things.
Sometimes his inventions don't pan out
jest right, financially, but he keeps
right on %inventin', just as il nothin'
had happened"
How much has he made on his in
ventions?" asked the editor.
II don't think Seth has cleared up
much ready money as yit," replied I'm
Gle Bill, "he's Twin in hopes He's
been expectin' fur the last thirty year
or more that the next year would
christen him a millionaire, an as an
ticipation is the best part NV ones life,
'Seth's' bin havin' a good time: but
he's got things comm right now with
the farmers slot machine, cause if he
makes it work. he'll make a fortune
fur the farmers, for they'll have
thin then that the shell menll go
against, IN as they are always lookin'
fur a sure thing Seth III have 'em
%coppered all right when he gets 'em
playin' the egg machine. If there's
enything a sport likes it's eggs when
they are 40 cents a dozen; but the
heighth NV perfection is his boss col
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07
Brains, But no Doctor.

New York Times: In answer to the
summons of the telephone bell in the
home of Captain Bangs of the Twenty
third regiment, Mrs. Bangs called
Hello!"
A very impatient voice answered: 81
want DR.. B."
"Well?" said the lady.
The man (still more impatiently)-
Is this Dr.. B.?"
NO"
Cant you put some one at that tele-
phone who has some intelligence"
There's intelligence enough at this
end, but no doctor" came the reply.
Then the smart man discovered he
had called up the wrong number and
was profuse in his apologies.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07
Clean Up.

When the farm was worth only $25
per acre, and unstable at that, and
you were nursing a good. healthy mort
gage, there might have been some pos
sible C in your mind for letting
the yards, garden and buildings relapse
into the ramshackle style, though even
then we do not believe that it ever paid
so to do; but, now that the mortgage is
paid, money in the bank and three fell
lows after the place at $50 per acre, for
Moses sake fix the old place up and
make it look as though somebody lived
there. Get an AK and a saw and trim up
the trees, make a big bonfire, tear the
old fences down and rebuild them on
straight lines. buy some paint and paint
the house and outbuil6ings, move that
hog lot from the front to the rear of the
premises, name your farm and have
such name painted upon the gable end
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07
A Dollar and a Half Per Hen.

A bright woman at a recent farm in
stitute made the statement that she
kept the large number of $50 Brown
Leghorn fowls on the farm home
stead running at large; that these
fowls averaged her an annual income
of $1.50 each mostly derived from eggs
Cross questioned pretty closely, the lady
said hat she had never been bothered
with any poultry diseases; that the
hens gave her as good a pro rata return
when the number was $50 as when the
number was only 100. This story tends
to upset the generally accepted theory
that $50 hens are about the limit which
can be profitably kept upon a farm
homestead. The lady added that these
fowls went everywhere and that it was
useless to attempt to have a garden or
even small fruit where they were so
kept.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07
Pleased With His Joke.

London Tit-Bits: Indignant house
holder Ito the collector of gas bills)-
How is it that my gas bills get higher
and higher every quarter, when | am
sure that we burn no more gas than
we did formerly?
Collector (meekly and deprecating)-
| am sure, sir. | do not know unless
something is the matter with the meter.
Indignant householder (satirically)-
Something the matter with the meter,
Ell? Oh, yes; | suppose the meter has
the gastrick fever!
And the old man was so pleased with
his joke that he cheerfully paid the
bill.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07
Flax as a Land Renovation.

Now here is a new use for a fax crop
as a land r%enovator. A man who had a
field on the top of a hill, where the soil
was an almost pure yellow clay and so
impoverished that it would grow Meth
er small grain, corn o grass, az a
last resort sowed the land to flax. To
his great surprise, it made a good crop,
and, more, so changed the nature of
the soil that he was able to get good
crops of both oats and barley for the
two succeeding crops. We should like
to have this rather curious fact ex-
planned, as it is the first time we have
ever heard of fax being of any value as
the renovator of poor soils.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

of the barn or upon a signboard placed
over the gateway to the home-yard, get
n piece of green lawn between your
house and the road, and if you have got
a lot of old wagons. brggies Dr. wornout
machinery get them out of the front
yard and just clean up generally. You
can do it all in a few days. you and the
boys, and neither you nor your neigh
bers will know the place when you get
through. A fifteen thousand dollar
farm ought at least to be given a clean
shirt and a 50-cent necktie.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07
Ihe Swamps Reclaimed.

What were the waterlogged soils of
the prairie west in the sixties? Soils
which would then strave out any man
who attempted to cultivate them are
now the richest and best lands to be
found in all that country. Impaction
of the spongy surface by continuous
pasturing, surface drainage by way of
the cultivated field, the working of the
highways and the building of the rail
ways and by cooperative drainage eff
forts in the wetter sections have COM
pletely reclaimed these lands and made
of them soils as productive as the val
ley of the Nile.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07
The Breath of the Pine.

The grove of pines on the farm has
a twofold mission-it stands as the
best windbreak to be had, sturdy, re-
s~istive; then there are its odorous,
tonic, healing breath and the diapason
of the strong south wind as it roars
through the massive tops of the trees.
All animal and bird life instinctively
seeks 1t for shelter, the crows come to
1t to roost, the mourning dove to build
its nest, and the quail finds a snug shell
ter under the dropping branches as the
snow Sits down upon the grove in the
winter.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

A very sensible bill has been pre-
sented to the Iowa Legislature provid-
ing for the reduction of the width Of
public highways from four to three
rods. Applied to the entire state, this
bill, if made operative as law, will re-
lease an immense amount of the best
farm land in the world, will limit the
weed nuisance along the highway and
in no manner interfere with the full use
of the roads by the travelling public. 1t
should become a law without any OPP
position.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07
All Sorts of Fools.

Philadelphia North-American: You
are the biggest fool | know!" exclaimed
the school boy to another.
To both Of whom the master, then
appearing said: Boys, you forget | am
here"
"Oh!" added the first boy. who feh
that his statement demanded support
you are not such a big fool a. you
look"
Then there was more trouble.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

In attending many farm institutes
and hearing the poultry question dis
cussed it develops that the income from
the poultry yard is almost invariably
assigned to or appropriated by the wom-
an on the farm, as it rightly should
be. Where the woman thinks a good
deal of her husband, as in most cases,
1t also appears that most of the money
so obtained is used either directly or in
directly for his benefit.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

When in any doubt as to the moral
quality of eggs in the shell, it is better
to break them into the frying a for
your W breakfast than to make some
town lady mad enough to swear by get
ting one of them into the angel food
she is making for the church sociable.
| Egg testing should be confined strictly
to the farm.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

Where the milk roy is out getting her
living in the stalkfeld and the hen is
roosting in the cottonwood tree by the
barn. there the dairy and poultry bust
ness doesn't pay, and the mortgage on
the place is quite likely to be sized up
by the amount the owner can borrow
on his land.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

lar machine. But the slickest one he's
got up Is one he calls the 'tramp's de-
light A farmer sets 1t out by the
road, an 1t has a card on that reads,
handouts an git out; drop a nickle In
the slot In the bottom NV the ma
chine is a bulldog an when enything
the bulldog an chases the tramp's
use in talkin', the farmers day has
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

Some months before the outbreak of
the var in South Africa a consignment
of 10000 tumblers was tent to Cape
Town. They were engraved with the
motto of the South African republic,
and were meant for drinking the health
of the burghers in when they took Cape
Town.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

A committee has been appointed by
the management of the st. Louis expo
sition, consisting of lawyers from every
state and territory in this country. TO
arrange for an International congress
of lawyers and j~urists during the pro-
gress OF the fair.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

There is a peculiar connection be-
tween poor farming and mortgages.
Whether tae poor farming makes the
mortgage or the mortgage the poor
farming has never been quite clear to
nc
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

Mix these in thoroughly with the
bath.
If you wish to refresh the skin and
impregnate it with a slight odor OF
roses. dilute sixty grams of glycerine
and one hundred grams of rose water
with three quarts of plain water and
then pour it into your bath.
The Lide Bath.
The linden bath is very soothing. I
recommend it highly to people who are
nervous. also to lyric artists and
actresses after an evenings work.
To prepare this bath steep one kilo-
gram of linden for one hour in ten
quarts of boiling water, then pour it
into the bath.
The daily bath is not to be recon-
mended to everyone; in fact, it is
harmful to certain people and enfee-
bling.
The body should be kept clean. That
is indispensable to a good skin, but this
may be accomplished by washing. AZ
ter each bath, or even washing, the
whole body, with the exception of the
face and neck, should be rubbed with
alcohol. If the skin is not too sensitive
use a crash glove. If the skin is very
sensitive dilute the alcohol and rub
with flannel or cloth.
A good lotion for this is cologne
water or spirits of camphor.
A bath should never be taken too
hot. 1t enfeebles the nervous system
and softens the tissues.
AS for the cold bath, | believe its SER
vices have been o%verrated. Sometimes
It acts otherwise than a tonic. How
ever, to those who indulge in it | rec
ommend a good rubbing Immediately
after.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

There are lots of men just as greedy
to hold their farm produce for still
higher prices when prices are almost
out of sight as when their stuff was
selling below the cost of production.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

We ate part of a chicken, the other
day, which was a child of the sun 1t
was Matched out last July in an egg
case.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

Tincture Of benzoin ............. so gramo-
Essence of thyme ...""....... 80 grams
Cologne water ................ 800 grams
Z. Finally let me show you the trou-
Bile that Ninon de L'Enclos took for
her bath. which she wisely called a
Bath of Beauty:
In one quart of water dissolve:
Kitchen salt $50 grams
Carbonate OF soda ............... 100 grams
Throw this into the bath. agitating
the water TO mix it thoroughly. Then
pour into the same water one kilogram
of honey dissolved in three quarts of
milk. Mix this in thoroughly.
This makes a most excellent bath. It
is cleansing, rc%vivifying and beautify-
ing. Those who believe in the charms
of Ninon de L'Enclos will do well to
try il.
There is a bath much used i'm France
which | wish especially to recommend.
II is not only strengthening. but it is
also ~eXquisitely perfumed and it has a
most salient effect upon the tissues.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

and narrower the grass would seem to
be fairly alive with rattlesnakes, and
then it was lively times for the bare
footed boy.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07
Goats and brush.

Go and buy a rough, brushy cheap
piece of land, young man. 1t can be
found in abundance in the central por-
tons of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Then buy some Angora goats, about
three to the acre. or ever one, for they
will soon increase in number, and then
let them loose on your land and see
them reconstruct that land. These
beasts are high jumpers and will climb
the sharp edge of a W by four scant-
ling set up against the fence, and so
must be we'll fenced in. Put in your
time taking out the timber over three
inches through, and by the time you
have your part done the goats will have
the rest of it ready for the pillow. 1t
will take about five years to make a fine
farm out of such an u%npromising tract.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

No winter blooming house plant will
give greater satisfaction than the free
STA. 1t is easy to raise and during its
season of bloom will fl the home with
its delightful fragrance.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

With such splendid opportunity to
get out of debt as the present for the
long debt burdened farmer we regret
to see so many sighting the opportun-
ity to secure their emancipation and in
dependence and actually increasing the
burden under the stimulus of big prices
for farm products.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

An old friend of ours who was a
Western pioneer was telling us recently
what a time he used to have when
breaking up the prairies in an early
day. He was very poor and could not
afford to wear shoes, and as the I'M
plowed strip OF prairie grew narrower
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07
Correspondence Solicited.

1902, j. S. Trlgg, Rockford, Iowa.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-03-07

Let these spices boil for half an hour
in three Kilograms of water. Then re-
from the fire and pour into the
bath.
5. Here is an exquisite bath of per-
fumed gelatine:
g~elatine 600 grams
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
Chesapeake Beach.

No resort is more rapidly growing in
popularity with pieasure-seekers OF
washington than Chesapeake Beach This
improvements that have been made at
that place since last season strengthen
the belief that this resort is taking first
rank as an ideal spot, where pleasure,
rest, and recreation may be combined
Nearly every day private parties go
to the Beach. made up OF the best farni-
lies Of Washington, often including
some OF the mcss proniacnt Govern
mcnt officials, taking advantage of the
bracing air, the invigorating salt water
bathing. and the numerous other
amusements provided by the manage
ment for the thousands of patrons
The oDe special feature OF the Beach,
ard for which great credit is deserved,
is the fact that order is enfofsed, both
On the trains and on the grounds. in .
ri-id manner.
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
BELMAR, N. J.
New Boardwalk an Attractive Addition
to Beach Front.
Especial to The Washington Times.)

Special to The Washington Times.)
BELMAR, y. J., July l9.-The new
boardwalk in front of the Colorado and
Atlantic is a pronounced addition to the
attractions at that popular house. The
Belmar boardwalk is crowded again to-
night. so crowded, in fact, that the prop
osition is being pretty generally consid-
cred among the hotel proprietors wheth-
er or not IL should be widened.
The progressive euchre party at the
Hotel Columbia this week was one of
the largest in the history Of that house.
There is no prettier sight on the Jer
sey coast than the Shark River anchor
age Of the Belmar Yacht Club. II is
a Lerchmont in miniature. a forest of
masts of tiny craft. for shipping over
the shallow mile-wide bay into Shark
River enlarges west of the railroad
bridge. The descending sun illuminat-
ing and whitening the sails of some 200
craft presents a spectacle 10 see which
the cottagers and hotel guests from all
this section of the coast gather in their
carriages.
The weekly dress ball at the Hotel Co
lumbia is the most largely attended.
elaborate event OF It's kind that Belmar
has seen this season.
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
CAPON SPRINGS.
Opening German of Season Led by Mr..
sSJ Brooke, of Washington
d Especial to The Washington Times.)

Especial TO The Washington Times.)
CAPON SPRINGS. ". Va. July 10
Friday evening the opening german of
the season was given by Mr.. C. F. Mel
son. and beautifully led by Mr. Adair
Brooke. OF Washington.
Monday morning a successful progress
sive euchre was arranged by Mrs. E.
F. Mackall, of Washington. The Wash
ington winners OF prizes were Miss
Daisy Mackall, Miss Christine Simpson,
DR.. Lewis Battle, and Mr.. George Wag-
gaman.
Mr.. D. Barton Mackall. of Washing
ton. who has been sucs welcome visit
or to Capon for a number OF seasons.
has returned for the remainder of the
summer.
Among the popular guests at Capon
this season are Mr.. and Mrs. E. P.
Jones. of Washington. while their three
attractive young daughters. Misses Lucy,
Inez, and Edna Jones, are among the de-
cided bellies of the younger set
Two very popular recent additions TO
the lists of beaux at Capon are Mr..
William NJ Dougal and Mr.. George
Waggaman, OF Washington.
Other recent arrivals from Washing
ton are Mrs. Lenox Simpson. Misses
Christine and Marguerite Simpson, Ran
dolph Simpson, DR.. Lewis J. Battle.
Mrs. Walter Robertson, and Mr.. and
Mrs. William ". Groscup.
The latest fad at Capon is English
bowls, the game being very successful
ly introduced at charming lawn party
given Tuesday by Mrs. A. z. Bateman.
of Washington. A smooth strip of sward
oyershadowed by large trees was Sc
lected as the bowling ground. and
number of handsome prizes awarded the
successful competitors.