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The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03

The British war office, on the 3Oth,
received a dispatch from Lord kitch-
cner, dated Johannesburg, saying
that the British prisoners captured
when the Beers successfully rushed
Col. Firman's camp at Zeefontein,
December "a, have been liberated and
returned to Bethlehem.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03

John F. Keller, aged so, the wealth.
est resident of Pana, Ill, and Mrs.
Sarah Garfield, aged 60, were to have
married on the 27th, but when they
went before the minister they decided
that they were too old. Mr.. Keller
gave Mrs. Garfield 81 900 cash and
they parted good friends.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03
He WIS HomesIck.

Otto Klein, aged 81, of 22Os North
Eleventh street, st. Louis, who, be.
cause of Inconsistencies and lack of
money, shot himself, dying at the
city hospital. Te came from Ger.
many.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03

Another plot on the part of the
prisoners of the federal prison at
Leavenworth, Kas,, to overpower
the guards and use them as shields
in escaping was discovered lust in
time to Illustrate it.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03
Safe FACTORY for JopIiu.

Arrangements have been completed
whereby n scale and steel safe fac
tory will be established in Joplin,
with a capital stock of $40 900.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03

Simon Owens, aged 102, was burned
to a crisp in his cabin in Guthrie
Okla, on the Goth. He was born a
slave on Gen. Andrew Jackson's
plantation, and was crippled for life
at Vicksburg when the city was be-
sieged by Gen. Grant.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03
Ended His EnrthIy sunerinx.

Despondent from long suffering
with rheumatism, Joseph Trimber.
ger, aged 90, of 307 Russell avenue, st.
louis, committed Huicide by shooting.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03

The war department was advised
by cable from Manila, on the goth,
of the surrender of the insurgent
chieftain, Samson, at M~utasaron,
with all his officers and men, 2S can
non and As rifles.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03
Hnznrding n Guess,

Delia-Phwat is this copper company that
the man O. the house does be talkin' about
so much:
B~ridget-Shure, Oh suppose tits a poliss.
mans union, no less.-Philadelphia Press.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03
Fatal Shooting nj stout.viIIe.

Robert Stoneking, a drayman, aged
% years, was shot and killed by How
ard Sharp{ a farmer, aged 25 years, 1T
Stoutsvill& a few night ago.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03

Success, generally speaking, is the science
of leaving as little as possible to chance
Puck.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03
MicHIGAN'S UNIQUE TOWN.
Eats the Same Kind of Meat
at Constantine.

Constantine, Mich, is one of the
queerest towns in the country. 1t has
a population of 5000. A rented house
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03
VIII Not Go to Mexico.

The proposed trip OF the Kansas
City Commercial club to the repubnc
of Mexico this winter will be aban-
doned. 1t would consume too much
time
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund moneyifitfailst to cure. 25c.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03

Only a cowardly painter would desert Lila
colors.-Chicago Daily News.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03
When He

When a young lover figures on whether
he can support a wife, he counts in every.
thing except the rent, butcher and grocer,
clothes, and ncidentals.-N. Y. Press.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03

Sweat or fruit acids will not discoIor
goods dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS
DYES. Sold by druggists, l0c. package.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03
Chr Professional Nartd.

RUFUS l. LOGAN, Ii. o. d., Editor.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03

The Missouri State Teachers aSSO
citation held it's annual session at
i@ansas City, and viii! meet again at
st. Louis, December 2e-2t, ;eo2.
These officers were elected: j. Il. Whit
ford. Moborly, president; Benjamin Blew
EFT, st. Louis, first vice-president; j.
Hale, Bethany, second vice-presldent; j.
w. richardson, jefferson City, third vice.
president; w. j. Hawkins, st. Louis,
railroad secretary; j. ID. Wilson, Sedalia,
secretary; r. H. Jordon, st. Joseph, treas
urer. Executive committee. ID. cliff,
Joplin, six years;I M. Dougan, six years;
l.: L. Dodd, Springfield, four years.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the constitutional
amendment submitted by the general as
sembly to the voters of the state, the pur-
pose of which is to empower the boards
of education of st. Louis, Kansas City
and st. Joseph to raise the rate of taxa
ton for school purpose from 40 cents to
a rate not exceeding 60 cents on the 800
valuation of property should receive the
approval and active support of all the
teachers and friends of education in Mis-
souri,"
From the following table 1t will be seen
that the only municipalities in the state
Of Missouri employing sixteen or more
teachers which levy at present Qevy of
1880 as low a school tax as 40 cents are
st. Louis and Jefferson City:
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-03

SNTIVVI0 sI'uTJ
Average levy for school purposes is SO
cents on the hundred dollars assessed
valuation.
The fact that the annual salary OF lady
teachers is more than that of gentlemen
may be accounted for from the fact that
employed in the towns and cities, where
the length OF terms is greater than in
the rural districts.
There IL, according to the report, S.
1916, 169.32 of local school funds County,
township and speclal). There are also 81
'97, ISIS in state public school and state
seminary funds certificates in the treas
lry.
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with it a contrast which for the mo-
ment makes even prison seem very

with it a contrast which for the mo-
ment makes even q prison seem 4 very
cheerful and pleasant place.
When one entered the old prison one
was admitted by lowering gate heav-
lily barred with iron into low-ceil-
inged room where many activities
seemed to be crowded into small space
and where the file Of visitors waiting
to see the prisoners always tended to
overflow into the warden's room and
down the dark corridors leading 70 the
cells.
A splendid suite Of offices has now
been provided for the wardens and
clerks, several sizeable rooms where
prisoners can be searched an6 where
they may see their counsel and still
others. where their. frien, nay be
searched before visiting them in their
cells. In the old Tombs the conyen-
fences were Of the slighteSt-and -inaio-
.1,,c-tr5--77--7 -7-7--Ti - showers we're
inodeouate. Under the new rules prls-
oners will be compelled to take TWO
hot baths week. There are TWO
shower baths at the end of each cor
ridor and besides this are special Dath
rooms in which new prisoners Will be
compelled to submit to a good SCRUB
hing with soap and water before being
nlaced in a cell. Another excelleht
feature that is great advance OH the
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thing like a cooky-cutter,. the gold is,
cut into a three and three-eighths in
ches square. The trimmings are swept
back ipta.a, box, and the gold.is again
lifted and dropped DecHeun- the leaves
of a tissue-paper book, where it be-
comes the gold leaf of commerce.
Twenty Of them are sold together
in a package. The retail price is $3.50.
An expert wofkwo,nan can make
from 60 to 80 books day, The work
Is delicate, not tiring, and but. for the
closeness Of the room; would be a de-
cidedly pleasant occupation.-New
York Post.
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enforce the laws. a,,s
The trouble is said to be: that' oys,
termen are often allowed to disregard
tho regulation in connection with tax
ing the young oysters from the peds:'
when everything is taken up without
discrimination, the beds have no repro
ductiye material and become value
less This year oysters from tne
James and Rappahannock and other
river beds, which used TO yield oysters
opening a gallon to the bushea, open
only half gallon to the bushel.
Virginia should not suffer her mag
ni6cent oyster interests to be de-
stroyed. She should not permit the
goose that lays the golden egg 10 De
killed before her eyes. If shake-up
in the inspection system is neeaea,
there should be no hesitation about
perforning the duty. The matter is
important; look to it. The laws are
good; but the trouble with the law gen
orally nowadays is that it is not en-
| forced with sufficient vigor.- Norfolk
Va, Landmark.
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oRIENT's FOREMOST MAN.
Some of the wonderful A achievements O
Baron Shibusavn of Japan.

soino of the Wonderful achievements OF
Baron Shibusnwn of Japan.
In the East: as well as in the West
there are opportunities for a strong
man to make his own way. In proof OF
shis, the life story of Baron Shibusa-
wa, the Japanese financier,' who was
recently so we'll received here, is told
throughout the Orient as an illustra-
tion of what a plain citizen may be-
come.
Starting without advantages of birth
or backing; he attached himself as a
youth to the great Tolugawa family.
He reorganized the unsettled finances
of the clan, and out of gratitude its
chief made him a government officer.
His ability was quickly shown in
the minor Office he obtained and he
rose rapidly. First ne was. tax. comp
troller, then assistant vice-minister,
next junior vice-minister and, finally
vice-minister of finance.
Then, when the highest places with
in the gift of the emperor were with
in his reach, he suddenly gave up state
craft and returned to private life. AS
a plain citizen he planned; he 1abored,
he organized.
In a few months he was acknowl-
edged as the leader Of an industrial
revolution which was to make new
Japan. Largely through his influence
the empire set aside dreams of mill
tary glory and chose the sober trl-
umphs of peace.
He extended her railways, her ship
ping and her industries, A japanese ad-
mirer has counted and tabulated the
organizations and companies, Of which
after thirty-fve years work, Shibusa-
wa is either the head or the guiding
spirit. They number more than one
hundred and fifty and include every
kind of business, every form. of IN
terest, civil and national, in the devel-
opment of the country and every form
of charity and philanthropy.
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Giving Him His Moneys worth.

A lawyer generally suits his fee to
his advice. but in a case cited. by tne
Philadelphia Times one was 1orcea
Ia reverse the order. His success IN
so doing was good evidence OF ms
fitness for his calling.
When this particular lawyer was
first struggling along in his profes-
sion he received call from we'll
to-do farmer, who was in need OF 'le'
gal advice concerning his rights,
which he thought had been ignored
by. the section-hands on Penr iyVa
| mia railroad. The lawyer looked uE
the statutes, and told the farmer
what he should do.
How much?" queried the farmer
well, let's call it three dollars.
replied the lawyer.
The farmer handed o, er five-dol
lar bill. The. lawyer seemed embar
rassed. But after searching through
his pockets and the drawers OF ri:
desk, he rose to the occasion ant
pocketed the bill as he reached. TO
digest.
81 guess, neighbcr," he remarked
as he resumed his seat. Il shall hav
to give you two dollars worth NOR
advice"
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old conditions is the roof garden
whore the prisoners will take the air,
instead Of dismally filing around the
narrow corridors as they do at present,
getting their only healthful draughts
of ozone through the narrow, heavily
barred corridors. The roof garden is
on the top floor, directly under the
steep pitched roof.
The completion of the city prison has
heen delayed far beyond the time speci-
fed in the contract. The building was
begun five years ago-during the ad-
ministration of the late Mayor Strong.
Warden Van de Carr is delighted
over getting into the new building.
Stree he resumed his duties several
months ago the contractors have made
rapid progress toward the completion
of the building. 1t is expected that
the present administration will pro-
vide detached house in the prison
ward for the use of the Warden. The
Warden's family now occupies dismal
quarters.
The removal of the west wall aloug
Elm street by the rapid transit contrac
tors marks the beginning of the de-
struction of that portion of the 1al
ward where the old-time Sheriffs oil
New York County hanged their con
demned prisoners.
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THE TRACE OF A TRAGEDY.

that look like coarse yellow parch'
ment. The casual visitor passes them
by unobserved, and 'th little idea
that he is on the ira If a tragedy,
for the parchment s. are not por-
tions of the motto Of prehistoric
church wardens, but the actual fras'
ments Of the. skin of some Dygone
malefactor, caught red-handed in rob
bing the church, his hide being nailed
to the doors as perpetual warning
10 evildoers. Tradition reports that
he was Dane. but more probably lie
was some Welsh marauder OF the
mountains, and at any rate t. this day
the ghastly memorial of his crimes Is
still visible
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wedding snnerstitions.

It.is unlucky for the bride. to enter
the church before the ceremony at
one door and leave after the ceremony
by another door.
The bride should always cut the first
piece of her wedding cake.
1t is said to be unlucky to tie shoes
to any part of the carriage in which
the bride and bridegroom go away.
In leaving the church the bride will
do well to place her right foot fore
most if she wishes to be happy,
healthy, ETC., in the future, and she
should always be the first to call her
husband. by name.
After the wedding breakfast and re-
ception the bride should be careful to
throw away and lose all the pins, II
there are any about her. The brides
maids should not keep the pins them
selves, or they will retard their chances
of marriage.-New York News.
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IL. ..uuu.. ciIppeu ii..o 49, - ,
SQUARES and placed between the
leaves of parchment book three
inches square. This book is called
the cutch, and contains two hundred
leaves. When it has been placed IN
heavy parchment envelope it IS glT'
en- to a brawny workman. with arm
and shoulder muscles like gladiaI-
or. He. stands before a pounding
block of solid granite, and, with an
iron hammer weighing Is pounds,
heats the cutch until the gold within
is three inches square instead OF one
inch. The blow struck. is not the
crushing blow of a butchers AK; it
must rebound lightly. The effort is
expended in the upward swing OF the
arm and not in the stroke. Women,
of course, have no part in this work.
The gold is next cut in quarters and
placed in another book called the
shoda, which contains sorHo SoP
leaves. This book consists OF a Pc
culiar substance made from the en-
trails of oxen. 1t is as fine and
smooth and flexible as the lining OF
an eggshell. 1t is very costly, the price
of a single book being $50. A book will
stand $50 beatiigs, after which it is
sold to manufacturers of imitation
gold-leaf.
The shoda is beaten with a lighter
hammer and O. more expert stroke
The idea is to make the leaf a little
thicker on the edges than in the mid
die This is in order that when he leaf
is finally trimmed and sold the manu-
facturer and not the buyer Will get the
part.
The man who beats the shoda was
really the cause of the strike. Up TO
this time all the work is in the hands
of men. The transferring of the leaf
from the shoda to the next book and
the final beating. has always been the
work of women. A light touch and a
deft hand are required to do this with
out breaking the leaf, which has now
been beaten to the thinness OF the
thinnest tissue-paper. Some of tht
men say they wanted to take the worl
away from the women because they
knew they could do it, and they
thought they ought to be allowed more
chance to sit down and rest from theel
severe labor. Others admit that the.
esmply wanted to earn more money.
One is interested to observe tha
the men are rather awkward in the &C
complishment of their new task. Al
seemed to work slowly.
The last book is called the mould
and has 1000 leaves. In the gold It's
sue is beaten to one-fourth that del
cate thickness, and then the men ar
through with it. In time they ma
come to think they can handle it ful
: ther, but at present they resign it
i it's last stage to women.
!, The girls sit at little. enclosed desk
in an almost airless room. The small
est draught of wind must be excluded
so light is the substance handled. A
IS it is quantities fly about, and settle
Is the girls hair and clothing. The wal
ID and corners glisten with it. In frol
u of each girl is a fine leather cushion
and at her side are piled the mould
She turns the leaves, and with. the al
of two slender WOODEN tools, one
er pincers and the other kind Of stile
c, Ir-lifts the skmmering gold, drops
a. SS5fhar cushion. and breath,
on it gently to flatten it. This mu
ho all he done lightly and quickly to
y void breaking. With two strokes OF
wooden stamp called a wagon, som
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A SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE NEWSPAPER.

Chinese circles in San Francisco and
said to include a fourth Of the entire
population. The World opposed the
Boxers, is pro-American in its ideas; its
editor is Tong Chong, friend of the
late missionary, Mr.. Masters; q man Of
high culture and many attainments,
who has, by the aid Of the society, of
which he is Secretary, attempted to
reform the entire Chinese Nation.-Sci.
entific American.
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WOMEN GOLD BEATERRS.
a FIELD OF WORK ABOUT WHlH
LITTLE Is KNOWN.

Facts fn Regard to the Industry - Great
+ Judgment and Skill Required by the
Workmen-Successful Opposition OF the
/ The recent strike among the gold
beaters, the issues at stake being the
Increase of wages and discharge Of
women employed in the business, must
have caused good many people to
inquire what woman gold beater Is.
Gold beating is one of the smallest
of American industries, as it is, in
come, respects, one Of the most "pecu-
Har. The conditions under which it
exists enable the workmen to dicate
terms to their employers, the latter
frankly admitting that they have to
either give in or go out of business.
There are only about 500 gold beaters
IN this country; the work is expert,
AID not every one can; learn it. The
English and German workmen; are too
we'll paid to think of emigrating;; and
OF course the contract labor law stands
in the way of sending for them from
this side.
(; The recent strike was really on ac-
count of the women. The increase of
wages would have been granted the
men for the asking, hut employers
We're reluctant to discharge for no
cause women who served faithfully
foTSlo wages, did their work better
than the men could do it, and were,
in many cases, widows and orphans
OF The strikers fellow-workmen. They
held out for seven weeks, hoping that
the men would soften, but the hope
was not realized. The women had to
CO. 1t is pleasant to know that one
firm, the largest in New York, kept
the. discharged women's names on the
payroll, and will continue to send
them their wages until employment
can be found for them.
Small as the gold-beating industry
is, and little notice as it's troubles at
tracted, the results of them might
have been very far-reaching. Manu-
factGrers, it is said, actually consid-
cred whether it would not be as we'll
for them to go out of the business
as far as the beating itself was con-
cerned. If they had done 50 the price
of gold picture frames would have ad-
vanced at least 25 percent on &C
count of that tariff on gold leaf. Art
lists would have felt this very serious
ly, since their frame-maker's bills are
heavy enough as it is. Decorators,
painters, sign makers, bookbinders,
cabinet makers-a dozen trades would
haveFbeen affected. All on account of
about 100 wnmen-or rather on ac-
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the cover is closed down. Any de-
sired method Of closing bottles or
TASKS may be employed in conjunc-
ton with the lock. Not less wide
field for the use of such device is
to prevent unauthorized persons as,
for instance, servants, from meddling
with liquors, perfumes, etc.
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New Meaning OF Flag.

A San Francisco rabbi gives a new
Interpretation Of the design of the Am
erican flag. To an audience of immi-
grants largely Russian, the other day,
he said: do you know why the Stars
and Stripes are in the flag? l will tell
Won why. They show that America
has stars for those who behave them
selves and stripes for those who do
>,otn
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TRACES OF A TRAGEDY:

Grewsome Reminder of Savage Gays on
an English Church Door.
A ghastly relic Of hygone days is to
be seen OH the church door at Penn
bridge, England.
The handle is fastercd b. some elab-
crate ironwork to the stout oak boards.
and round the edges of this, says the
Queen, may still be seen fragments
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c,rv pp1sov THE SUCCESSOR OF HISTORIC "roMBs"

A specimen of the pear infested with
this disease is shown in the accom-
panying illustration. furnished us py
Professor Stewart. This disease Is
caused by fungus and can be pre-
vented to large extent by thorough
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Volcanic Eruptions Near Mexico City.


According to the traditions of the
Indians, there were eruptions of the
volcanoes surrounding this valley as
follows:
Ajusco, most violent, in 1G A. D.
Also in lila.
Popocatepetl. 1853, terrifying the in
habitants of the Aztec city on whose
site this capital. is built. Houses were
damaged and the people were termed
by Sle falling ashes and stones
Iztaccihuatl was in violent eruption
in i4S9, three years before Columbus
discovered the New World.
Xico, near Lake Chalco, burst into
eruption in 1170.-MeXican Herald.
From a twentyyear-old mulberry
tree 21s pounds of leaves have beer
plcked in year.
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Lock on n Bottle.

Mary safety poison phials have been
devised, but it is doubtful if, any oee
Is SO seedre ds the simply locked
stopper illustrated herewith. No one
in the dark, or sunlight, no tlidttcf
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Fer every cubic foot of air that was
sent into the ST. Gotthard tunnel a
ouarter of century ago, SO cubic feet
are being introduced into the Simp-
ION tunnel. The mortality, iu conse-
nuence, Is much lower.
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celebrity of the modern American publ.

celebrity Of the modern American publ.
cation.
When the paper is set up it is printed
on an American press, but the type
the symbols, are all made in China.
There are three other Newspapers
published id San Francisco besides the
one describcd-the Chinese W0rld the
Oriental News and the Commercial
News. Nearly all have some special
object in view. Thus the World is a
reform paper, virtually the organ OF
the Empire Reform Association, club
or society which is very influential in
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Th, Widows Cap.

The widows cap is rs old as the days
Of Julius Caesar An edict of Tiberius
commanded all widows to wear the cap
under penalty Of Il heavy fine and I'M
prisonment.