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The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
THIEVES ROUTED BY BEES.
Latter Attempt to Make Away With
Crooks Filled With SINGERS.

A novel case OF larceny is reported
from near Youngstown, York county.
and the perpetrators are the worst VIC
Tins. Amos Gable, a bee raiser, recent
ly placed upon the tops of several bee
hives earthen crooks for the bees to
store their surplus honey in. Three
young men Of Youngstown, while out for
q lark the other night, thought it would
be a huge joke to rob the hives in Ca
ble's orchard and enjoy a feast of hon
ey. When they arrived at the orchard
they observed the crooks and took pos
session of them.
How considerate," said one of the
trio, was Mr.. Gable for putting these
crooks of honey where we could help
ourselves" The young men were not
aware that the crooks we're loaded with
live insects, but this fact dawned upon
them when one of their number utter
ed a blood curdling yell as a bee settled
upon his neck and objected to being
disturbed from its slumbers. This was
the signal for all of the bees to make
an attack, and the stiffness of the
night was broken by the cries of pain
uttered by the young men as they has
tened for the nearest stream in which
TO plunge to escape their torments. The
feast Of honey was postponed indefi-
nitely. Mr.. Gable, thinking that the
miscreants had been sufficiently pun
ished, will not prosecute them. He
withholds their names because of their
connection with prominent families
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
A BILLION FOR INDIANS.
What Commissioner Jones Says About
Civilizing the Red Man.

While the impression that the only
good Indian is a dead Indian still
prevails in this country, and amounts
to a deep-seated conviction in the
minds of many persons whose expe-
riences with the red man have con
vinced them of the impossibility of
making a citizen of him, the report
of the Indian commissioner, just is
sued, gives ground for the belief that
the civilizing of the Indian may not
be a hopeless undertaking after all.
Commissioner Jones calls attention
to the fact that the nation has ex-
pended over a billion dollars in sub
DUNG and attempting to educate the
Indians only to learn the absolute
failure Of the ration system as a de-
vice for making useful or productive
citizens of them. That the policy of
feeding the Indian at public expense
on reservations was the outgrawth
of a mistaken philanthropy and was
foolish in that it exempted the In
dian from the natural and memorable
law that man must earn his living by
labor of some kind is now universally
recognized. How to rectify the err
rors growing out of this policy and
ouppiuhI II ny o. olNhl ihuI Noulu
ultimately induce the Indian to put
his hand to the play is a problem that
has engaged the study and activity of
Commissioner Jones since his Undue
ton into office.
The most radical change inaugural.
ed was the departure from the GUS
ton of dealing with the tribe to that
of dealing with the individual. The re-
suits attending this change, according
to Commissioner Jones, have been
most gratifying. The manhood of the
Indian is appealed to, and he is
taught self-reliance and s~elf-respect.
AS a result of this policy over 10000
have been dropped from the ration
roll, being wholly self-supporting, and
others not yet self-supporting have
been put to work. AS an incident in
this "civilizing process" the order di-
recting the agents to encourage the
discontinuance of the Indian custom
of wearing long hair and painting the
face has been productive of good re-
suits.
The success of thepolicy of dealing
with the individual Indian instead of
the tribes warrants its continuance
and justifes the hope that the Indian
may yet be converted from a costly
ward of the nation into a ~self-support-
ing citizen.-Chicago Record Herald.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
THE REET.SUGAR r

In view of %unfavorable reports lately
received from Michigan, Colorado and
other states, due to unusually wet
weather, we reduce our estimate of the
American beet-sugar crop from 213, 100
tons to 1876. 900 tons of 2.240 lb. The
production last campaign was 1862, 1875
tons. The net decrease in the new
beet and cane sugar crops of the world
is estimated at 1,10S, $50 tons. Last
season the crops gave an excess Of
1,24O,8 1862 tons, which increased the
stocks to such m figures as to
cause prices to fail below the cost Of
production. The decreased produc-
ton will not be sufficient to meet the
demands for actual consumption;
therefore, we may expect a material
reduction in the heavy stocks. but the
supply is likely to be excessive for
some time to come.-Country Gentle
man.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

A perusal of the annual report Of
Gen. John F. Weston, chief commits
sary of the army, will convince the
reader that to be an efficient officer one
must have a knowledge of business
methods, as well as of tactics. The,
army consumed in the last veal 8,574,-'
972 pounds of beef and mutton, and by
the business arrangements of the de-
partment this was delivered at a rea-
sonable price. The Philippine supply
vas sent from Australia, and was Of
the 'first-class refrigerated" kind. The
beef was bought at an average of 6.6S
cents a pound, and the mutton for $50
cents a pound. The delivery at army
stations averaged 2 cents a pound. In
drawing comparisons between prices
paid by the United States government
and England, General Weston points to
the fact that a ration of beef alone, de-
livered to the British army in South
Africa. cost more than "our entire "a
ton of beef. flour. fresh and dried veg
etables, fruit, coffee, etc, delivered at
Manila"
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
FIFTY DOLLARS TO SIT DOWN

Carmel, Ind, Dec. 15th.-Mr. Joseph
L. Duffey relates an experience that
has aroused considerable interest in
this locality. 1t is best given in his own
words:
When l was working in the fields"
says Mr.. Duffey, 81 would be ready to
quit, but I could not get to the house, I
was 30 weak. 1t was worth fifty dol
lars to get to sit down.
Il had no strength and a person with
out strength is not much use.
But bless the Lord, l took four boxes
OF Dodd's Kidney Pills and they gave
me health, strength and appetite.
Il might say l am cured, but l will
keep IN taking Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Yes, I'll get them if it takes the last
thing on the farm"
Dodd's Kidney Pills have effected
quite a number of other cures here and
1t seems safe to say they are an effec-
i've an dpermanent cure for all diseases
arising from the Kidneys.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

Last season Edward McWade, the
author of Winchester" had occasion
to visit an inland town, so he hired a
horse and wagon to convey him to the
village. The horse was slow and the
driver a sleepy lout of a boy who, IN
spite Of all urging, failed to get more
than a compromise between a walk and
a trot out of the sorry beast. Just as
the vehicle turned into the town Mr..
McWade reused himself and said:
"Bub?" "Yaas, Sir" What are you
going to be when you grow up?" Dun
no; g'lang. Why dye ask" What
ever you do, don't be an undertaken"
why not Mr.. McWade?" Because
you'd never get your first corpse around
in time for the resurrection, that's
why"
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

passing doubtful persons through the
line just to indulge their power to do
so. To ascertain If this were so, he
muffled himself one night in a cloak,
and tried to get past a black sentry.
After the who goes there?" the "a
friend" and the Advance, friend, and
give the countersign," had been ex-
changed. Sherman replied:
"Roxbury!"
mo, sah!" was the polite but firm re-
Spouse.
"Medford!"
mo, sah!"
Charleston" Sherman next tried.
"No, sab! No sah!" said the negro,
determinedly. Then he added: Now,
see heah--yo' can go fru tn whole
blamed joggrafy; but Massa Sherman
he done say that nobody can get pas
me wifout sayin' Cambridge Elk
change.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
Speed is Costly.

They tell great things about the speed
of the ocean greyhounds, but omit to
say that speed costs as does every other
luxury. They expect to drive Kaiser
Wilhelm II. twenty-four knots an hour,
but it will take an expenditure of 40, 300
horsepower to do it, whereas IA, 900
horsepower will drive Cedric, the larg-
est ship in the world, seventeen knots.
Every additional pound of steam
means more coal, more hands" and
more expense in every direction, until
the increased speed is soon forbidden
by the increased cost.
An attempt to drive either a ship or a
mar too fast soon costs more than it
Is worth. Why not take it easy?-Bos-
ton Globe.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
Where Duck Hunters Are Tantalized.

Spot Pond, in the Middlesex Falls
district, which lies between the towns
of Melrose, Maiden, Stoneham, Medford
and Winchester, has become the Mecca
of thousands of wild ducks, most Of
them of the black variety.
For the past five or six years, since
the Metropolitan park commission has
taken possession of the pond, no gum
ning has been allowed. This the ducks
quickly learned, and every year since
they have been greatly augmented in
numbers. until this year there is the
largest number of ducks ever seen IN
the pond at one time.
They sit out in the middle of the
Jond in several punches extending
from the Stoneham to the Medford
shores. There are two islands in the
vicinity on which they roost each even
ing.
1t is estimated there are over 5000
ducks at the present time in the pond,
as the migration to the south takes
place.
There were a large number of well
known gunners on the shores of the
pond yesterday with hungry eyes,
watching the ducks for hours. The
ducks seem to know they are safe from
all danger and come quite near the
shore and play with each other, and
seem to have no fear.-Boston Journal.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that
is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an lnflamed condition of the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is infiamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation
>.an be taken out and this tube restored
TO it's normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing
but an nfamed condition of the mucous
services.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
f. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O..
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
Sunday Chores.


The doing of the Sunday chores on /;
farm is a good deal of a problem II
many cases. The stock must be fet
and cared for and the cows MIXED
and we have sometimes thought tina
more little pigs, calves and lambs wert
born on Sunday than on any other da,
in the week. This is all clearly a worl
or necessity and as much a Sabbath
duty as the going to church, the sing
ing of psalms and the giving to tn,
heathen. Now III doing of this neces
sary work interferes with the Sunda,
program and involves a good deal O.
bother in changing clothing two OF
three times during the day. Wher,
there are two men on the farm, as Their,
are in most cases, it is much better e
take turn about, one hand to do al
the chores and cultivate a spiritua
frame of mind as he does the milkin,
and other work while his partner keep,
up the church business. We know o.
one old granger that we do not believi
Will ever get into the kingdom Just be
cause he has all the Sunday chores Il
do, his hired mar wanting all of thu
first day of the week for church and
counting.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
Let Her Rest

Quite a good many good women fine
Sunday the hardest day of the weel
because a family custom has compelled
the getting up of an extra good dinner
on that day and the entertainment oil
more or less friends. This is all wrong.
The wife and mother is as much en-.
titled to a rest day on the first day as
is any member Of the household. and
the dinner for that day should be some
thing easily prepared, and If company
is entertained the friends should get
their dinner before coming. We know
of one man, who is quite a good cook.
by the way, who always gets the Sun
day dinner and washes the dishes
while his good wife just takes a layoff
and there is no need of the worsted
worked prayer, God Bless Our Home
in that house.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
HART TIMES NOW IN GERMANY
Condition of Large Sections of the
Working Glasses Critical.

With the setting in of piercing cold
weather the condition of large sections
of the German working classes be-
comes critical. The iron and coal in
dustries in WeStphalia and Silesia are
far from being prosperous. Workmen
continue to me dismissed, apparently
with the object of keeping up high
prices. Complaints are heard on all
sides of coal owners and irOnmaStelS
supplying foreign markets at prices less
than the home consumer is obliged to
pay. According to the Vorwarts, want
of work in many branches has reached
so calamitous a stage that the meas
ures taken to meet it are altogether in
adequate. In Cologne, for example,
where a communal insurance institu-
ton has started a bank TO insure
against lack of employment, the bank
has had to be closed owing to the drain
on its The Vorwarts calls
on the state to take instant measures
to relieve the distress by starting pub
lie works, by shortening the hours of
labor, and by organizing the labor mar
ket.
In Berlin matters are no better than
in the provinces. Hundreds of applS-
cants, young and old, compete for every
vacant post. The refugees for the dest>-
tute are overlooking. The worst of It
is there are no signs that the condi-
ton of affairs will speedily improve.
The depression will certainly continue
for some time longer.
Probably one of the best illustrations
of the general stagnation may be drawn
from the iron trade. In the year 1900
131 Kilograms of iron were either used
or exported for every inhabitant. In
1901 the production had sunk to SO kilo-
grams. This year it will not be more
than &C. Another illustration is found
in the fact that the number of mar
riages in most of the large cities
throughout the empire is decreasing,
Notwithstanding the advance in popula-
ton. In Berlin, for example, in 1900
% per thousand Of the population were
married; 1901 not quite 81, and this
year the number will probably not
reach 20 per thousand.-London Chron
icle.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
Wants the Right Microbe.

A matter of interest has been recent
ly developed at the Illinois experiment
station with reference to growing al
falfa. Working on the theory that the
soil upon which alfalfa failed was de-
ficient in the microbes which are es-
sential to the proper development of
this plant, just as is the case with
clover, inoculated soil was procured
from Kansas and Nebraska and sowr
with the alfalfa seed, the result being
that the crop has since done remark
ably well. This is a point worth look
ing into where alfalfa has failed.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

A Yorkshire village has been sold at
Stockton for the sum of 91,51O, which
seems cheap enough for such a desira-
BILE lot. AS the a%uctioneer remarked,
to be able to refer to my village up in
Yorkshire" was alone worth the money
apart from the substantial c~onsidera-
ton OF a farmhouse and buildings and
10 acres OF grass land, two dwelling
houses, four cottage, several small gar
dens and a blacksmith's shop.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
The Colored Sentinel.

Booker T. Washington recently told
a gathering of negroes that n of the
great faults of his race was a DISPOSE
ton to exhibit knowledge under any
and all circumstances. and asserted
that, until the negro learned not to dis
play his vanity, he was useless in any
confidential capacity. By way of IL
%lustration, he told a story which, he
said. might be or might not be apocry-
phal, but which was good enough to be
true. General Sherman had been told
that the soldiers of a negro regiment
in his command were very lax when on
sentry duty, and showed a fondness for
cENTRAL M. 10. --..-- NO. 42-O2
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
OYSTERS Versus Oats.

1t is pretty good land and pretty good
farming where a crop is produced each
year the gross value of which is $40.
and for large areas this value is seldom
reached but the oyster beds of the east
ern coast easily bring in a return of $40
per acre for many thousands of acres.
The ocean is more productive than the
land.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

A citizen of F~armoutiers, France, has
left a legacy to provide prizes of IS
francs each yearly to the two most po-
lite scholars-a boy and a girl-in the
schools of the town. The winners are
to be elected by a ballot of their school
fellows.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

Every mar owning a good farm il,
richer by one-third than he was five
years ago just in the advance in tn,
value of his land. but this increase O.
wealth Is not available to sell or mort.
gage his property, the land itself being
IN no sense more productive because o.
its increased value.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

The Devon cattle are hardly known
in the West. With the passing of the
OK as a beast of burden the special use
for the Devon ceased. Other breeds
better fill the needs of the dairy and
the feedyard.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

California will ship a large amount
of celery to eastern markets this win
ter. 1t is one of the growing industries
of the coast.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

The spirit of monopoly has been ex.
tended throughout the greater part OF
central Asia and the northern eau
casus. All efforts to introduce local CD.
ton In European Russia have failed.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

Mothers viii! find .drs. Winslo~'s Sootn-
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during tho teething period.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

One of the biggest nuisances in the
country is the man who hunts and fish
es for a living. Almost every commune
ty has one " more such parasites.
They are always lazy and no count, a
degenerate offshoot of pioneers who,
compelled to hunt and fish to get the
wherewithal to live, were always true
sportsmen and killed only to the line CT
supplying their needs. These latter day
pirates and poachers are always game
hogs, having little regard for open or
close seasons on game or the law in
general. The spear, dynamite, the trap
and the pump gun are their tools. No
sort of wild life, no even our song
birds or the red squirrel, is safe when
they start out, and they literally clean
out every vestige of our game birds in
every civilized community.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
A Slick Swindle.

About the slickest swindle which
comes the farmers way is the cloth
deal. 1t Is a catcher, and some of the
shrewdest men get caught. 1t is safe
to say here that when a peddler wants
to sell you a five dollar blanket for
81 and thirty yards of calico for a cent
a yard there is a hen on, and the time
is right there and then when you should
whistle for Towser and make a bee
line for the old shotgun and inside of
three minutes either have a job for
the coroner or see a peddler flying for
his life in a cloud of dust up the high
way. Post over your parlor door along
side of God Bless Our Home" this
truth: you Can't Get Something For
Nothing"-never could and never will.
In this cloth deal the man and his wife
are always equally involved, and so the
bitterness of having been so easily
swindled is shared alike, and neither
can rub it in on the other. When so
caught the subject is never referred to,
and the buds bought are either donated
to the poor or laid away on some attic
shelf where they will not be a constant
reminder of the old saw about a fool
and his money.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

The Argentine Republic produced
this year $4,000, 900 bushels Of corn, or
just about one-third of the crop of the
state of Kansas, and the Argentine Re-
public is the only competitor America
has in the corn business.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
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CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

Sheep are selling at from 10 to 2
cents a head in parts of Australia o
account of the drought.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

1t cost us S4S to raise and care for
seven-eighths of an acre of onions this
year, hiring all the work done, and this
on land which was free from weeds.
The season was such that it was almost
impossible to kill the weeds and in
volved more expense than ordinarily
attaches to raising this crop. The yield
was 400 bushels and the net profit on
the crop S160.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

The laws of England touching mas
ter and man, the employer and the man
employed, are better than in this coun-
try. There, when a man hires out for
a given length of time, which 10 the
usual custom with farm labor, he has
tc fulfill his contract and can't throw
up his job when some other man Of
fers him a little better wage. Here the
farmers seems to have no redress, and
most men never know whether they
have got a man who will stay with
them through the busy season or not.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

A friend writes us that he has an
orchard of Wealthy apple trees fifteen
years old and that they never bear any
fruit. Same old story-got fooled by a
tree peddler and did not get Wealthy
at all, but instead some worthless seed
'lings. We have never known this apple
to refuse to bear, and bear when young
at that, usually within five years from
planting, which fact makes it one of
the best varieties of apple we have
when its excellent quality and produc-
t~iveness are also taken into account.
Lots of men get fooled just as our
friend has, and it is one of the most
exasperating things connected with
fruit growing. To one familiar with
this variety 1t is easy to identify it even
before it fruits, but not so with the
amateur.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

We know of a poor mar who raised
two acres of New Yorker potatoes this
year. He raised 200 bushels per acre
and sold the crop in the field for so
cents a bushel, or 5000. Allowing So for
rent, $40 for seed and SIG for planting,
c~ultivating and digging, he had the
nice net profit on the crop of $166, or
more than he could have earned at
days work during the four months
work for other people. Other poor men
might do as well.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

1t is much easier to put fat on an an
imal when 1t is warm than when it is
cold, easier to feed with the sun than
without it. For all practical purposes
sunshine and warmth mean fat and the
want of them a curtailed ration.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

The apple has been regarded
as, and really is in no sense, a tropical
fruit, but here is a case where elevation
offsets latitude, the Pecos valley, in
New Mexico, with an elevation of A.
600 feet, having an apple orchard of 500
acres, from which will be shipped this
year 200 carloads of the finest apples
ever seen in our Western markets.
This orchard is said to be EXEMPT al
most entirely from the swarm OF insect
pests which make the growing of this
fruit such a risky business in many
parts of the country.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19

The spiraea known as the bridal
wreath and the high bush cranberry
are specially noticeable for the rare
beauty of their foliage in the fall. No
shrub or tree we know excels them.