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The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08
LIGHTING DARK CONTINENT.
An Electric Power Plant to be Shipped
Into the Heart of Africa.

An electric power plant larger than
that at Niagara and equipped to trans
NIT electricity over a radius of $50 miles
in the heart of Africa is the latest pro-
ject. This scheme has already taken
practical shape and is actually under
way, although it is likely to be about
two years before the plant is actually
installed. The power to be put to use
is the Victoria falls on the Zambesi
river. These falls are much larger than
Niagara, the Zambesi being a mile
wide at falls. and the plunge of its wat
ers APO feet, while Niagara is only a
half mile wide, and it's plunge only 1853
feet. The man who suggested the util-
ization of this vast power is George
Forbes, who was connected with the
Niagara project and Is a prominent
American engineer. 1t is said also that
the Westinghouse company will install
the plant.
1t is proposed to wait until the Cape
to Cairo railway. which already extends
forty miles beyond Bulawayo, has been
brought to the Zambesi. a distance of
only 275 miles, but through a rough and
difficult country. owing to the character
of the rock which has to be cut through
to make the roadbed. 1t is not expected
that this distance an be covered short
of a year and a half, but when it is
covered a country of untold resources
will be opened up. and use can probably
be found for most of the power that II
is proposed to develop at the falls. For
just north of them lie immense copper
fields. among the richest in the world
not far distant are the Wanke Goa
fields. covering about 400 square miles;
and within $50 miles are great sand
stone quarries and great teak forests
Moreover. the intention is to operate q
large section of the Cape to Cairo rail.
WV by means of this power, If it is pos
sible. The projectors are confident
that the time is not distant when they
can transmit power a distance of 4O(
miles down into the heart of the north
ern gold fields.
When it is borne in mind that Vic
toria falls were discovered by Living
stone only fifty years ago.. and that that
region still abounds in lions. antelope
hyenas. rhinoceroses. |hippopotami ant
crocodiles. the rapidity with yhici
British Africa is being developed II
brought very wildly before one. NJ
country in the world is al richly en-
uOWbu as NllOutSlds Will 10 NuSN h'i"
of gold. diamonds. copper and coal, it
forest and quarries. and a climate that
owing to the elevation above the sea, il
said to be much like that of California
In no country is labor so cheap and no
where have fortunes been so rapid,
made. The hopes of enthusiasts an
the predictions of the sanguine tina
within the next forty or fifty year
British South Africa will rank with tn
United States as a great industrial ma
ton teeming with a vigorous and en-
terprising white population does no
seem under the circumstances to b
based entirely on the imagination. Thu
only drawback is the area of the coun
try. which, with Cape Colony and tn
two Boor colonies thrown in, is les
than half the size of the United States
and much of it not habitable by whites
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08
CONSUME LOTS OF TIMBER.
Why the Forests of the United States
Are Disappearing.

Gale Review: In the United States
1000, 900 feet of pine lumber are used
every year for matches. or the equiva-
lent of the product of 400 acres of good
virgin forest. About 620, 900 900 cross
ties are now laid on American rail-
roads. and 90. 900, 900 new ties are re-
ouired annually for renewals. The
amount OF timber used every year for
ties alone is equivalent to 5000, 900 900
feet of lumber. There are now standing
nearly $500, 900 telegraph poles. The
average life of a telegraph pole is about
ten years, so that nearly 100000 new
poles are required every veal for re-
newals. These figures do not include
telephone poles and the poles required
on new railway lines.
The total annual consumption of tim
her for ties and poles is equivalent to
the amount of timber grown on 100000
acres of good virgin forest. For max
ing shoe pegs the amount of wood used
in a single year is equal to the product
of fully 5000 acres of good second
growth hardwood land. Lasts and boot
trees require at least 800 900 cords
more. Most newspaper and packing
paper is made from wood. Although
this industry has been developed only
within the last 40 years, yet the amount
of wood consumed for paper during that
time has beer enormous. The total an
nual consumption of wood for Daper
pulp is equivalent to over 500, 000, 600
board feet of timber. for which it would
be necessary, were the trees all growing
together to cut some $4,000 acres of
prime woods.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08
HOW'S THIS P

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot ne
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O..
We, the undersigned, have known F. j,
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo. O..
WALDING, KINNAN e MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
eous surfaces of the system. TESTIMONIALS
sent free. Price 75c. per bottle Sold by all
Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08
The Fl F. Brammer Manufacturing

The II. F. Brammer Manufacturing
company of Davenport, Iowa, have a
unique puzzle souvenir, which they are
sending free to persons writing for
same. The Brammer company are
manufacturers of the o. X. Washing
Machine, one of the best machines ever
placed on the market. Any goods bear
ing this company's stamp may be relied
upon as being what the trade mark i'm
plies, 20, K"
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08
THE RACONTEUR.

S'pose the fish don't bite at fust;
ms be you goin' TO do?
Chuck down you pole, throw out your
bait,
An say you're fshin's threw?
Nv course you hain't: you're goin' to fish
An fish, an fish, an wait
Until you've ketched your basket full,
An used up all your bait.
Spoee success don't come at fust;
What be you goin' to dew?
Throw up the sponge and kick yourself,
An goin' to feelin' blue?
Wv course you hain't; you've got to fish,
An bait, an bait ag'in.
Bimeby Success viii w: your hook,
And you will pull him in.
Houston Post
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08
Interperance and the Drug Habit

nterperduCe anu Tic biuS I1apit'
"If you should ask anv one of your
neighbors," says DIR. A. P. Grinnell in
the Medico-Legal Journal. What slim
ulant do You take? and that person w0s
the advocate of what is called prohibi-
ton in Vermont. which means the pro-
hibition of alcohol (the least of all in
importancel. he would probably say,
Nothing But analyze his or her daily
life: consider tea, coffee, tobacco, quin-
inc. opium. cocaine or any of the vari-
Gus table condiments like tobaSco sauce.
or some of the special brands OF. cat
sup. the patent medicines called tonics
and blood purifiers, and you will find
that there is not one who car say that
he does not take some one of the list,
and would miss 1t If he did not. To
some men alcoholic stimulant is every
thing they seem to need to satisfy their
craving. What is stimulant to one,
however. may not be to another, conse-
~uuently there is a great variation in the
character and amount of the stimulants
used. Sooner or later the reformers of
the world have got to divert some of
their feyerish antipathy to alcoholic
stimulants and consider calmly and in
diligently the drug evil. The deleterious
influence on the individual of all forms
| of drug addiction, and the consequent
| effect on society and all relations OF
mankind, make its consideration in its
| ~sociologic and criminal aspects of para
mount importance. The courts have
never given much judicial Importance
to drug habits, but widespread develops
ment of drug addition must surely,
sooner or later, bring the matter into
greater legal prominence"
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08
Possibilities in the Onion.

Since the beet has demonstrated what
a grea tpull it has with our legislators,
thoughtful men are asking what could
not the onion do in shaping legislation
were it to put forth all its strength
Boston Herald.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08

A philosopher observes that there
are two periods of life when a nan
looks to see if his hair is coming out;
at 20, when he inspects his upper lip;
at 40, when he inspects the top of his
head.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08

AS many as 1887 men have been
elected to the national house since the
American congress began. The number
does not include those who have occu-
pied seats and been thrown out on con
test.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sootn-
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08
AS Told at Martins,

BY BEATRIz BELLIDo DE LUNA.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08

lie night was warm, and the
drinks refreshing to our
dusty mouths. Walters
passed noiselessly to and
fro, bearing trays laden
with tall glasses, the cleo
trio fans overhead buzzed
with a giddy wtlrr, and
there was q dancer on the
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08

Copyright, 1901, by Authors Syndicate
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08

CENTRAL N. o. ..... NO. $500
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-09
BUYING HOGS CHEAP.
Many Otherwise Sensible Farmers
Allow Low Prices to Dictate
Important Purchases.

No swine breeder can afford to buy
animals just because they are cheap.
It not infrequently happens that the
cheapest animals prove to be the most
expensive in the end, whether that end
be in the way of breeding or of butch
ering. If an animal is cheap it is be-
cause it is not worth much, except in
rare cases when good animal has to
be disposed of under the conditions of
a forced sale. The man that buys a
cheap boar finds that he has to sell the
progeny of that boar at correspond
ingly low price. The man that buys a
cheap sow frequently finds that she is
cheap because she bears few pigs and
they of poor quality. BY the time he
has disposed of the pigs and figured
up his accounts he finds that the cheap
sow was really very expensive SOW,
for into her went not only the pur-
chase money but a great deal of labor
and feed. No progressive man will al
low the price to dictate his purchases.
Quality is what he must have, and it
is what he is after. The man that
really buys cheap is the man that pays
a good price for good animal and
gets a good profit out of it. It is very
seldom that good profit comes out of
a poor price and poor animal.-Farm-
ers' Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-09
IN FAR-OFF PROVINCES.

England has had tax on beer for
300 years past.
Bamboo in Java makes an effective
poison, the hairs on the young roots
being mixed with food.
Millions of Hindus live, marry and
rear families on an income which rare
ly exceeds half dollar of our money
a week. They never eat meat and need
hardly any clothing.
Kent's county council has decided
that baby carriages should carry lights
at night, as the language of the
statute regulating the lighting of We
hicles is general enough to cover per-
ambulators.
Greek architects have decided that
the Erechtheum at Athens must be
restored if it is to be preserved. The
RESERVATIONS will be limited to
strengthening the building and to put
ting in place the fragments about it.
1t is one of the traits of the Chi
nese to handle the things they use
very carefully, and hence cheap and
poorly made articles will last much
longer in service than with most peo-
pie. Goods made in China would be
of little value for use by Americans.
Some of the late Lord Henry Ben
tinck's brandy, which had passed into
the possession of Mr., Fl. Chaplin, was
sold in London lately, the 1893 vintage
selling for $1s bottle, record price,
and the rest at from SIS to SIG bot
tie. Hook of 1861 sold for $500 q
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-09
EXERCISE FOR HORSES.
An Important Element in the Devel-
Opment of the Highest Powers
of an Animal.

In writing about the care of horses
an eminent English army officer has
the following to- say: "Regularity of
exercise is an important element in the
development of the highest powers Of
the horse. The horse in regular work
will suffer less in his legs than another,
for he becomes gradually and thor
oughly accustomed to what it required
of him. The whole living machine ac-
commodities itself to the regular de-
mands on it, the body becomes active
and well conditioned without super
huous fat, and the muscles and tendoEs
gradually develop. Horses in regular
work are also nearly exempt from the
many accidents which arise from over
freshness. AS proof of the value Of
regular exercise, we need: only refer to
the stage coach horse of former days.
Many of these animals, though by no
means of the best physical frame.
would trot with a heavy load behind
them for eight hours at the rate of
ten miles an hour without turning a
hair, and this work they would con-
tinue to do for years without even be-
ing sick or sorry. Few gentlemen can
say as much for their carriage horses.
No horses, in fact, were in harder con-
dition. On the other hand, if exercise
be neglected, even for few days, in a
horse in high condition, he will put
on fat. He has been taking daily the
large amount of material needed IN
sustain the consumption caused by his
work. If that work cease suddenly,
nature will, Notwithstanding, continue
to supply the new materials; and fat,
followed by plethora, and frequently
by disease, will be the speedy conse-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-09
MRS. ALEX JOHNSON

Peruna cures catarrh wherever To-
Gated.
Mrs. Alex. Johnson, 25e University
avenue, Kingston, Ontario, Can,
writes:
81 have been a sufferer for years
with bearing down pains and back
ache, and got no relief from doctors
prescriptions. commenced taking
Peruna and after taking the first bot.
tie felt much better and within
month was well woman, and
heartily recommend 1t to anyw0n7an
who IS In as poor health as was.''
MRS. A. JOHNSON.
Miss Mabel Meyers, Argentine, Kan
sas, collector for the Kansas Temper
ance Union, writes: "Peruna has
proved friend to me for it cured me
when was sick and the least can do
in return is to acknowledge its value
to the public. Since I was II years
old I have suffered with headache,
backache and pains in the shoulder
blades. I caught cold easily and nv
lungs were weak. Catarrh of the
lungs was what the doctors called nv
trouble. took their medicine for
eighteen months without any benefit
and hearing about Peruna I decided to
try it. fused nine bottles and was re-
stored to health. This was two years
ago, and am now in perfect health"
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving full statement of your case
and he will be glad to give you his val
liable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Column
bus, o.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-09
BIG PROFIT IN WATER.
Fruit Growers and Dairymen Can
Sell 1t Mt n High Price and Yet
Please the Buyer.

To sell water at a high price and
yet please the buyer is one of the
farmers privileges. The gardener
whose Strawberries are juciest,
whose melons give the greatest re-
freshment during the hot August days
and whose peaches are the most melt
ing owes much of the superior quality
of his fruit to the abundance of water
they contain. To secure this added
juiciness, unless nature be liberal with
rains during the growing season, he
must spend money, time and labor in
irrigating his plantations or in making
special efforts to conserve the moist
ure in the soil. The cheese-maker also
sells considerable water in his product,
but he might usually sell more with
satisf action both to himself and to the
consumer. He would have an advan-
tage over the gardener in so doing, for
he need not go to great expense to
provide the moisture. 1t is always
found in plenty in the green cheese;
and he need only use care in retaining
it to add both quantity and quality to
his marketable cheese.-Troy IN. W
Times.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-09
VIRTUES OF BARLEY.
Land That Will Grow Good Corn One
! Year Will Yield n Fair Barley
] Crop the Next,

One advantage which barley may
be credited with over the other &C.
reals is that it is much less liable
to be injured by the rust fungus.
Nearly all the varieties that are now
on the market mature some time
during the first ten days in July,
SO that the crop escapes to some
extent the severely hot weather.
Ripening as it does at this early
date is of considerable advantage to
the grower during the harvesting
period. Where winter wheat is
grown barley is generally ready to
harvest soon after this crop, while
spring wheat and oats come in lit
tie later. But the fact that it ma
lures at a convenient time would not
alone recommend it for general cul-
ture: 1t must give good yield of
grain, otherwise farmers in general
will have little use for it. In this
respect we think that barley fully
fills the requirements. Where or
binary care is taken in preparing the
seed bed and the soil is at all in
good heart there is little difficulty
in getting a yield of 40 bushels per
acre. In fact we have seen 50 and
IS bushel yield time and again. AS
the grain usually weighs from 45 to
so pounds per bushel it will be seen
that the yield in pounds per acre is
very large. It certainly would re-
quire a heavy crop of oats to pro.
duce the same amount of food. It is
true that the grain is scarcely SC
palatable as oats and that it is not
relished so much by farm animals;
at the same time if properly com.
bined with other foods it will give
good results.-Live Stock Indicator.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-09
The Use of Cover Crops.

It is not only possible but practical
BILE and, under good management, prof
liable to bring up farm to a. high
state of production by the use of cover
crops, which can be made to secure
all the nitrogen and humus wanted,
and by limited use of mineral fertil-
izers, potash and phosphoric acid.
Spread the manure thinly, not 20 to
3Oloads to the acre, as is too often the
custom, because much of the fertility
IF the manureis either lost. or becomes
lazy if it is not used by plants soon
after it is made available BY the de.
composition and nitrifcation which
take place Hin.the soil. ~ s. > j.. !. s.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-09
Two Forms of Arsenites.

AS a rule London purple is more va
riable in composition than is Paris
green. would not recommend it's use.
It should be done away with. If used
than with Paris green. It is better to
go to the drug store and buy white
arsenic. You can take one pound OF
that and four pounds of lime and boil
them in four gallons of water for As
minutes, and you have arsenite of lime.
This is better insecticide even than is
Paris green. 1t has this objection,
it is pure white and in some cases might
be taken for milk. If used it should
never be left around where it may be
so mistaken.-Prof. Blair, in Farmers
Review
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-09
Cleaning Creamery Churn.

j. Bunting, of Michigan, in his Cream.
cry Journal, tells how he cleans his
churn as follows: 81 use handful of
sal soda and one of salt, together with
two tablespoonful of potash or I've,
with four ordinary pals of hot water.
pour this in the churn and start it 60
ing, but I am always sure to leave the
venting plug out. I run the clHrn for
about two minutes, draw the WAGER Oft
into washtub and use it to wash my
strainer, butter ladle, paddle, bricker,
etc. After I, have washed my churn
outside and inside with this solution, I
pour cold water into it and rinse it by
running for about two minutes. After
drawing off the water ! sprinkle with
salt" ~. ~. 81. .~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-09
To. Secure Broody Hens,

We often hear people complain of
the scarcity of setting hens. When
we are short of settlers, we place four
or five extra eggs in several nests,
and in a few days usually find them
covered with broody hens. If one is
short of nest eggs, he can use y
few eggs that are under size or off
in shape, and worthless, for hatchin.
purposes, making them, so the fresh
laid eggs may be readily distin-
guished from them and gathered as
usual. We find this very simple
and effective method to induce tho
hens to become broody early in the
Milton A: Brown, in Poultry
KeeDer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-09
CHAPTER XII,

Why was Miss Vlandingham there I?
Was it possible that she had not re-
ceived his message? These questions
flashed through Guys brain, but he had
no time to debate them. Pettibone,
smarting under his summary treat
ment, was as near angry as he ever be-
came.
"I'm a good fellow all right, Her.
BERT muttered the sheriff, "but I'll
be dinged if I'm going to let you slam
me around like that. I can be sociable
and pleasant. if I want to, and 1 can
be the other thing, too
"You mustn't go out there" said
Guy, nodding his head toward the
beach.
"Shucks! Anyone would think, to
hear you talk, that I'm the prisoner
and you're the sheriff. You can't boss
me. no Stree"
"Look here, Pettibone," returned
Guy, earnestly, there's no need of our
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-09
MISS LIZZIE SNEkTHING
Dr.. Hartman. the Famous Gynecologist
and Inventor Of Pe.ru.na Offers to
Treat Women Free During the Sum.
mer Months.

America is the land of nervous
women. The great majority of nerv-
Gus women are so because they are suf-
fering from some form of female dis
ease. By far the greatest number of
female troubles are caused by catarrh.
Women afflicted with pelvic catarrh
despair of recovery. Female trouble
is SO common, so prevalent, that they
accept it as almost inevitable. The
greatest obstacle in the way of recov-
cry is that they do not understand
that it is catarrh which is the source
of their illness. In female complaint,
ninety-nine cases out of one hundred
are nothing but catarrh. Peruna cures
catarrh wherever located.
The following letter was recently
received:
1856 w. 3sth st., New York City.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.
Gentlemen.-"What bread and meat
means to the hungry Peruna means to
the sick. It is an especially valua bic
medicine for sick women. Ihave found
that no medicine so quickly restores
health and places the body in a normal
condition. I but voice the sentiments
of women who we're once sick, but are
now in perfect health.
MISS LIZZIE SNEATH1NG.
All women who are in doubt as to
what their trouble is should write DR..
Hartman, Columbus, Ohio. Give him a
full description of your trouble, pre-
vious treatment, symptoms and age.
He will promptly reply with full direc-
tions for treatment free of charge.
This is an opportunity which no ailing
woman should miss DR.. Hartman has
become renowned through his success
in treating women's diseases; His ex-
perience in these matters is vast. Cor
respondence is strictly confidential.
No testimonials published with out
written consent. DR.. Hartman relies
principally upon Peruna in these cases.