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The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03
A Blessing in Disguise.

The excess of summer moisture which
this year has prevailed owe nearly all
the north central states brought many
benefits as well as some trouble and
losses in its wake. For n thing, it
finished up the chinch bugs and box
elder bugs, both of which existed in
such numbers as to be great pests. 1t
gave the earth such a soaking up as it
had not enjoyed for years and induced
a he:lthful, vigorous growth of tree
life in orchard and forest such as has
not been seen for many seasons. 1t has
replenished the water supply, started
the springs to flowing again, filed up
the lakes and emphasized the value of
tile drainage on all low lands. Para
doXical though it seems, it has dried
up the evil prophets who said that the
removal of the timber lessened the rain
fall and the drainage of swamps would
convert the land into an arid desert.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03
His Assets,

What. You, a penniless, profligate
nobody, wanting to marry my daugh-
teri" exclaimed the irate millionaire.
why sir, you haven't a prospect in the
world!'
Pardon me-" retorted the shabby
count, but you forget your daughter,
kir.'-Baltimore News.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

A man never really understands the
risks which he runs in living until he
becomes the possessor of a good mi
scroscope, and then he wonders he did
not die years ago. Tho horribleness of
invisible forms of life is calculated to
give one the cold chills when n real
ICES that such life is in all air breathed,
food eaten and water drank.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03
b

We are asked what a cloudburst con-
sists of. A popular idea seems to DE that
the water is let out of the clouds in the
same manne that it ia poured over a
waterfall-in a solid mass. This is err
roneous. A ~so-called cloudburst is SIM
ply an unusually heavy fall of rain
three, four and sometimes as much as
six inches falling within a short time, a
feature OF electrical and cyclonic con-
ditions of the atmosphere.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

Talking about forage crops, we have
a sample of Japanese millet which in
60 days from the date of sowing the
seed produced so bushels of seed and
five tons of fine fodder to the acre. The
crop stood six feet high, and the stalks
were green and juicy when the seed
was ripe enough to grow. It is our
opinion that the land upon which this
crop was grown will need a rest or a
tonic next year.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03
NEWS OF MISSOURI.
ALL SORTS OF THINGS CAUGHT
FROM THE WIRES.
General Happenings Throughout the
State Prepared for Perusal
by Busy Readers.


A ~4-year-old boy who had been miss
Ing from home for tw~enty-four hours
was found locked in the closet of a
vacant house at Kansas City. He was
naked and almost hysterical. On in
vestigation it was found he had been
made a prisoner in the house by some
older boys as a joke. In a little while
longer, it is said, he would have died,
or his mind have become unbalanced.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

The great advantage of growing your
own fruit lies in the fact that you can
allow it to get to that stage of perfect
maturity before using which makes it
palatable and desirable, while nearly
all of the imported fruits have to be
picked so long before they arrive at
this stage that much of their flavor and
lu%sciousness are destroyed.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

Careful experiments made show that
pigs weighing about so pounds each,
about 25 to the acre, placed in an alfal-
ia pasture, will make a gain of 100
pounds each during the growing season.
This on alfalfa alone. If given a sup
Elemental feed of grain the grain will,
of course, be still better. This figures
up a fine return fod the use of an acre
of alfalfa-2,50O pounds of pork, worth,
at the low figure of 81 per hundred
weight, 500. Another good thing is
that hogs so fed are almost always free
from disease.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

Lieutenant ]. NJ. Worrell, a Confed-
crate officer, has presented to the state
house, Columbus, O., a piece of the first
flag pole ever erected in honor Of Abra-
ham Lincoln.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03
Perfectly So.

"rhatever else they may say about
Serb blem, he at least writes clean
verse;"
For i~nstance?"
"Well, did you ever read his soap eds
in the street cars? baltimore News.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

With all the food in sight and all the
pigs and cattle, it must be that before
many months the price of meats will
get down to a figure where they will
cease to be a luxury.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

Considering the titanic power Of the
lightning stroke and its great frequency
during the summer months, the wonder
is that more damage is not done.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

Few have any correct idea of the
magnitude and Importance of the meat
inspection work. of the government en-
perts. During the past year $1,000 900
animals were inspected either before or
after being slaughtered. Of $3.50, 900
cattle inspected only one-fourth of l per
cent were condemned, of $500, 90C
sheep only one-tenth of 1 per cent, and
of 24,250, 900 hogs only one-third Of l
per cent failed to pass inspection, a
really remarkable showing of the good
health of the stock of the country.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

1t is the busiest men who always have
the most work to do. The more such a
man does the more he finds that wants
doing.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

What this new game of wal seems TOT
need is a thoroughly experienced base
ball umpire.-Baltimore American. !
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

In wet seasons, while a man may raise
bigger crops, he always loses more of
them. August rains make a terrible
waste.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

One Of the a~ggravations of age is to
have the rheumatism when the bass
fishing is good in October.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

California is coming to the front with
a new crop of growing importance-the
soft shelled almond. This year the crop
amount" to 267 carloads. or 2.670 tons,
worth Jout IL cents per pound.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

Mothers will find .drs. Winslow's Sootn-
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teething period.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

to improve their condition by visiting
some successful farmer in some other
locality and studying his methods than
they could in any other way. The man
to learn from is the man who does
things and not the nan who can only
tell how they should be done. We new
er yet visited a progressive and uc-
cessful farmer but we found out some
things which were of value.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

There are three things which may
be done with a few hours work around
many a farm home which woull i'm
prove the appearance of things 100 per
contemplating the fence around the
dooryard, trimming the trees and cut
ting the weeds around the premises and
clearing up the old ragtag and boDtail
lot of broken machinery, old posts,
wire, boards and the like. These deco
rations do not harmonic with a good
house.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

There is one comfort for the poor
man this winter, even if his coal is
likely to be high priced, and that is
that he will be able to get all the good
potatoes he wants at 80 cents a bushel
or less.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

The growing of cotton is being de-
yeloped in Southern Russia, about H.
600 bales of the staple being produced
last wear. The growers now have rep
r%esentatives in this country examining
the machinery used for making cotton
seed oil. the seed there produced having
been up to this time almost wasted.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

1t is claimed that the russell apples
make the best vinegar-not stronger,
but better favored.
A binding Irvine lighter in weight
and of superior tensile strength to the
Irvine in ordinary use has been made
this eas from fax fiber alone. When
we consider the enormous amount of
Irvine now consumed and the fact that
the raw material from which it is made
is all the product of some foreign coun-
try and imported and the further fact
that 2,000,0 600 OF 5000, 900 tons of fax
straw are as good as wasted each year
in this country the Importance Of this
discovery and invention may be in some
measure realized.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

Rural mail routes will compel the
making of better highways. The gov
eminent has not sentimental feelings
on this subject and simply gives the
alternative of fixing the roads or losing
the service.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

The growers Of sweet corn for the
canneries are this year getting Sc per
ton for their product, equivalent to a
return of about SIS per acre, besides
the forage, worth not less than "a per
acre. AS this crop is cheaply produced
and draws very lightly upon the SOIL, II
is a profitable one to raise.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

Kansas farmers have learned that
the g%rasshopper, heretofore regarded as
a pest, may be made of much utility
and profit. Large flocks of turkeys are
raised and are easily taught to range
the farms for the hoppers, of which
they are very fond and fed upon which
they become large and fat. h is the
age of economics and utilities.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

The most expert chicken picker in
the country is employed in a poultry
packing house in Chicago. His record
is SO chickens in eight minutes one sec
ond. 1t is certain that the feathers fly
when he gets to work.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

We have rid a large lawn of the
pesky squirreltail grass by persistent
moving during it's seeding period and
burning up the cuttings. If you keep
this pest from going to seed, it will dis
appear.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

A heaping bushel basket of dead
sparrows was gathered up in n sec
ton of a small interior Western town
after one of the heavy storms of Au-
gust. Hail plays the mischief with
these birds.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

Central Iowa seems to be the center
of the atmospheric disturbances and
unusual rainfall of the year 1902, the
rainfall being reported at three feet
and even more in localities, doing i'm
mense damage to n of the finest crops
ever raised in the state.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

The byproducts of the Chicago pack
ing houses are worth $50, 900 900 per
year and are the sources of large profits
connected with the business. Thirty
years ago most of these byproducts
were wasted,
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

When a man can get his dairy herd
up to an average of $50 pounds of but
ter per head, he can afford to entirely
ignore the beef side of the business of
stock raising. Such COWS should be
bred to secure as many hener calves as
possible which will do as we'll or better
than their dams. The male calf should
meet q theological fate-be disposed of
as deacOnS.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

The general government has finally
abandoned further efforts at the i'm
provement of navigation on the Mis-
souri, river. The railways have beaten
the boats and captured nearly all the
freight which was at n time carried
on the river.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

The freight car with ball bearings,
something we have often wondered did
not come to the front, is out at last and
is a pronounced success and if generally
adopted is certain to still further reduce
the cost of freight transportation.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

The old poky way of farming with
oxen and doing most of the farm work
by hand in France is at last giving way
to improved methods where the horse
supplants the OK and the modern ma
chine the hand labor.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-03

If in a fit of public spirit you buy a
wide-tired wagon, your neighbors will
quite likely command your public spirit
and keep right on using their old mar
row-tired outfits, letting you smooth
the highways for them.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-09
CLOSING NIGHT OF OPERA.
A LARGE HOUSE WARMLY APPLAUDS
CALVES CARMEN-A BUSY DAY
FOR PADEREWSKI.

Doubtless the closing nights OF opera not
what they Perhaps the comparative search
ty of matinee idols just now in come measure ac-
counts for 1t. and perhaps the natural tendency
of a mere fad pass away in It's time has more
to do with 1t. Re the reason what IL may the
seeker for the curious no longer go to the
opera house on the last afternoon OF the last
night OF the opera with the assurance OF seeing
pandemonum break loose at the close OF the per-
formance and the audience standing for half an
hour after the curtain is down and insisting the
singers crossing and recrossing the proscenium.
as if ii were a fashionable promenade. The old
custom will never be much missed. It always
artificial. it was done for the FUN OF doing II and
ii had nothing TO do with appreciation OF the
fists, however full and genuine that appreciation
might be.
The passing of this custom. however. has not
affected the popularity of the opera as manifested
in the attendance at its closing performances. on
Friday evening when Faust" sung the
closing evening performance Of the subscription,
every seat in the house filed and the fireman
in charge compelled the mana cement actually to
send out some dozen or more persons to whom ad-
mission had been sold. deeming the house too fun
for safety.
Yesterday afternoon. when 'Manru" was sung as
the last matinee performance OF the subscription,
the management decided that It nonsense to let
people into the house for a mere trihing price of
admission and then give them seats virtually
part of the orchestra circle. So the two of
seats which were recently placed in what used TO
be standing room were numbered and sold at So
EACH and not admission to the house was sold
The same plan followed in the evening, when
the last performance of the season was given,
Carmen being sung at popular prices. Perhaps
it should be called rather the last performance OF
the consecutive season. as the annual elaborate
and varied programme for the benefit Of the d.
rector will be given the return of the opera COM
pany from its travels. which now beginning
Yesterday afternoon have been a stirring
one for Mr.. Paderewsh. His opera 'Manru"
sung at the Opera House. and he had recital OF
his own, with another big audience at the Car
negie Music Hall. This began a little later than
the opera. but somewhat earlier so that
the pianist and composer had time get TO the
Opera House some little while before the curtain
was down. 1t was the general expectation that
he would do this and that the audience the
opera. as well as that at the Music Hail. would
have a glimpse Of ore matinee idol at least. But
when the performance ended nobody knew whether
Mr. PadereWsh was in the house not. and the
proceedings closed with reasonable amount Of
enthusiasm, Of decorous quality. resulting in five
recalls for the artists
In the evening Nine. Calve sang in Carmen
There was large house, and the performance
warmly applaudcd- So ends opera season
which has to be counted among the notably sue
cessful, both artisticay and financially.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-09
A PRISONER IN HIS OWN ARMORY.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL TREADWEL.L WAS
LOCKED IN A TELEPHONE BOX
FOR HALF AN HOUR

When Lieutenant Colonel TreadweT, Of the 22d
Regiment, now known as the 22d Engineers, goes
to the armory tomorrow night he will meet with
a enthusiastic reception because Of his escape
from imprisonment in a telephone box. The lieu
tenant colonel does not like the story. and it IS
said that he threatened 10 court martial any sub
ordinate who tries TO joke him about It.
couple of nights the lieutenant colonel had
occasion to use the telephone in the armory ia
speak TO brigade headquarters The telephone closet
is at the side of the main hallway. and the door
is a massive Of oak. The hallway prac-
ticalIy deserted at the time. most of those at
the armory were watching the battalion drill. Ex-
Captain NJ NJ. Miles passing through the hall
when he heard a kicking on the closet door. and
mufTled voice inside said: open this door"
Who's there?" asked Miles.
Lieutenant Colonel TreadWel and I've been
pounding on this door for fully twenty minutes.
want to get out" answered the voice.
where are the keys?" asked Miles. Il can't
open the door without them"
Il left them in the lock outside when l came
in this place" replied Treadwell, "and I would like
to know the man who took them away. Find the
jantor; tell him 1 locked in here and to get
out instantly"
Colonel Thurston, Deputy Police Commissioner.
came along and extended his sympathy to Lieuten-
ant Colonel Treadwell for his imprisonment in his
own armory.
through the transom? You might be able to squeeze
through" suggested Colonel Thurston.
Some years ago the lieutenant colonel was
pert in gymnasium work, and the suggestion Of
ficers assembled in front of the telephone closet
The lieutenant colonel could be heard making
Jumps for the sill of the transOm, and cheers
given when the top of his head was seen, but 1t
S0fh of dhe imprlsoned oicer told that the exerto6
Of hosting his weight too much.
Then of the armorerS came running to the
closet with the keys which had been found
table In inner room The door was opened. and
the lieutenant colonel was free
II have been In that box for about an hour, and
7 would like know who is responsible he said
angrty. II can't get brigade headquarters, either.
Central must be asleep or the wrong number
,,ist he in book.
''Did you cali up the Sth Regiment; SIR asked
now up there temporarily since the armory fire"
Yes of course: the headquarters are at the Sth
TeFiment Call them up, and let me know when
YOU get them" said Lieutenant Colonel Treadwen;
land saw" he continued, when I go in that box
vom remain outside and see that fools with
the door" ,, +, ,.,-os a. a. -
took away the keys have been fruitless
New-York tribune., 1902-03-09
FEARS FOR PRINCES HEALTH.
EX-SENATOR LINDSAY THINKS A LITTLE
MORE AMERICAN ENTERTAINING
WOULD PUT HIM BEYOND
MEDICAL AID.

The Society Of Medical Jurisprudence dined last
evening at the Savoy Hotel. Fifth-ave. and Fifty
ninth-st. on the occasion Of its twentieth anniver
sary Theodore sutro the president Of the society.
traced it's early history. from its first meeting. at
the house OF DR.. Brill, No 6s2 Lexington-ave.,
through its incorporation March 8. 1885, down
10 the present time.
A letter was read from Mr.. Barnes the first pres
ident, now seventy-eight years DID, and living in
Albany.
The speakers and their toasts follows:
Justice Morgan J. o Brien, The Law Justice
John Woodward Expert Testimony as Viewed by
Appellate Tribunals: the Rev. Dr. Howard Duff
field The Triple Alliance; Samuel /. Clemens,
Toast superfuous"; ex-senator William Lindsay,
OF Kentucky. These Latter Days; DR.. George T.
Harrison and Charles Y. Fornes.
Justice Woodward said OF expert testimony that
,ts value lay only in the truth that in it in
individual cases. in the established character of
the witness. Men who. taking the stand in suits
Involving the rights of others. accepted fees from
either side should be treated as common perjurers.
justice Woodward said that when, as sometimes INES
happened. The expert was associated with
ne same lawyer in favorable testimony IN case
Eny fair Minded judge Ht.--e7' D-'-''' N'~
MA Mark Twain who was late In arriving and who
~ each time receiving cordial applause DIRECTED
FUSED me society Of duplicty IN Its ostensihie meq
ca character. From the time Of the Pharaohs
. sared the members, until their own time during
e & ast nifty years In support OF this ne read IRON
tshee in l745, reminded Mr.. Clemens Of the doses
%, % ms childhood. about the case Of a merchant
VINO had died of Il severe headache" Vivisecton
was ordered by the physician; leeches were APP
pned 10 the nostrs. temples and behind the ear.
nc hnally cupping classes with scarincation were
hooed On the back the physician regretfully but
.nooestly adding that if any surgeon skilled IN
ss511teIr5iotomy. had been present that operation
would also have been ordered.
heasoau you WIN remember" said Mr.. Clemens. this
..eadache was a severe And veto quote
,tom Janes-'n outstanding these precautions
TIE patient died. a"
~ Senator Lindsay compared the present Gus
sls IN entertaining distinguished guests with the
f.lnpie reception accorded Washington when he
ssne mere for his first Inauguration. Judge Lind
teg described American hospitality as aggressive
~ alarrning" II Prince Henrys visit were pro-
.bsso fortnight, he said. not all the doctors In
t-s society could him. MIR. Lindsay spoke
o,gse,eIaiy Of the national tasks In governing
Instant peoples.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-09
VIRTUE OF THE "GRAN' LAUGH"
HOW THE LATE TOM CosTIGAN ROUTED
THE HONORABLE DANIEL MCHUCK.

HOW THE LATE TOM COsTIGAN ROUTED
THE HONORABLE DANIEL MCHUCK.
The Honorable Daniel McChuck, the sage OF
Cofrey Park was drying himself before radiator
In the City Hall yesterday afternoon. prior to
taking car for South Brooklyn.
Well I do be noticin' that Big Tom Costigan
IS gone beyant the river" said Danny softly.
"Shure livery is put IN this wurruld for
purpose. an Costigan TUX tn consate out av me,
besides votin tn Tammany ticket IN his latter
days. An he did II nately, too. 1t wuz at Clan
na-Gael meetin an I wuz burnin'-bein younger
thin-fur the sacred Irish liberty An
Tom warmin' up. an he give me III laugh,
and whin I got of a hart-throb about the cause
Tomd grin. BY an by me virshOos feelins got
tn upper ham an turnin Big Tom I wild
great iloqunce:
AN phat hev youse ever done fur Ireland7
I.
More than yerseI.' said Tom. winkin' TIL
gang w'ich rounded up Iookin for throuble.
''Wid n swellin' buzzom. l shakes me fist at Cos
tlgan an SeZ,
Declare yersel'-teII wan thing viz iver did fur
beautiful conthroI an guardn' agtn tn furst blow.
Well I'll tell yez phat done fur Oireland
Tom, that provOkin rollin' his cigar about in
his mouth. I TUX mesilf out av IT.
We'll, bedad didn't tn funny part that
shot till I got cooled of, but viz Shud hev heard
that crowd howl wild delight. 1t sthruck me tn
next day, an made lastin lmprsshun. that IL
don't make much difference about yer argument
SOS We git tn gran laugh tn other feliy. A
laugh will put yer adversary under III sod an
paddock tn sarcOppygus, vile cold fact comes
out tn fight wild hladein' nose an spinds siv-
eraI clnts on court plasther at III corner drug