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The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
NEWS OF MISSOURI
ALL SORTS OF THINGS CAUGHT
FROM THE WIRES.
General Happenings Throughout the
State Prepared for Perusal
by Busy Readers.

At Jefferson City two murderers and
a man convicted of criminal assault
We're sentenced to be hanged on March
IA. James Jackson in Kansas City, for
numbering Prophet Everett over a
game of cards in a saloon on Dec. %.
1900. Both were colored. Henry Flut-
cher, a st. Louis negro. was sentenced
to death for shooting Louis Roth. a
white man, because a brother of the do
ceased hurrahed for Mckinley in the
presence of the defendant. The crime
was committed on Aug. ~, 1900. Gen
eral Armstrong is to be hanged in
Platte county for criminal assault corn-
mitted neal the village of Turley. in
Clinton county. upon |. b. Turley. The
crime was committed July -. 1900. The
case was tried in Platte county on
change of venue from Clinton county.
This is the first time the death penalty
has been inflicted for this crime in this
state in many years. Judge CAN'T wrote
the opinion.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
Stalks as Fertilizers.

Where the corn is cut up for fodder
and the stalks removed is the land rob-
bed? At the present time, when the
farmers of the great corn belt are so
generally changing from the old meth
od of feeding the stalks off in the field
to that of harvesting the corn with a
binder. this question becomes of con
siderable interest. There is not much
fertility in the rotted stalks or in the
droppings Of the cattle which clean the
stalks up. Where a soil is stiff and
lacking in humus the %decaying stalks
are helpful, but on loose and rich soils
they are of little value. A rotation OF
clover on the cornfield will put more
fertility into the soil than will the ac-
cumulated stalks of five years growth.
1t is further noted that the small grain
crop succeeding corn where the crop
has been cut and removed is almost
invariably better than where they are
left on the ground, this owing to the
fact hat the crop can be put in better
shape when the stalks are removed.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
Peanut Men Invade London.

London Express: The fioury potato
and baked chestnut stalls are just
now at a discount in the East End.
1t seems that a few weeks ago an enter
prising American firm, mindful of the
great success which has attended the
treet sales Of hot peanuts in the United
States, established a street. oven for the
sale of this delicacy at the junction OF
Bishopgate and Shoreditch. The youths
of the locality soon showed a decided
preference for the crisp peanut and, the
single oven venture being a most sue
cessful one. the firm decided to start
other stalls, and in several parts of
the East End hot peanuts are dispensed
in large quantities.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

bee men unite in saying that Il is a
mechanical impossibility to make an
artificial comb, fill ii with an adulter-
ated sweet and SO seal the cells up that
such fraud could not be readily detect
ed. At the same time we have before
us a statement of an expert of the ag-
ricultural department at Washington,
Mr.. Charles Saylor of Des Moines, Ia.
In which he refers to this matter as
though such bogus product was actual
ly being The bee men can now
go for him and convince him, as they
have us, that he is in error. The item
which drew forth the criticism was
prompted not so much by what we had
heard and read of this assumed fraud
as by the character and quality of a
lot of honey which we bought about
that time. Assuming that this lot Of
honey was the pure Quill product of the
bees, we Wonder what the moral condi-
ton of the members of the hive must
have been to have produced such an
abomination when it looked so very
tempting. They must surely have been
foragers on strange grounds and eat
crs of forbidden fruits. jewellers among
the bloom of skunk cabbage. benbanp
and ragweed, distillers of nectar from
malignant and deathly types of the
vegetable kingdom. Maybe their queen
was dead or the regular workers on a
strike and the drones tried their hand.
Anyhow, o knowing that the bees
made that honey, the poetic sentiment
with which we have always invested
the bee is knocked into smithereens,
and hereafter it, like the OK or the pig.
Is of the earth earthly.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
EarthWormS,

We are asked some questions about
earthworms, what their method Of
propagation and several other things.
Reproduction in the case of the earth
worm is by eggs, which are produced
in great quantities. the young %incubat-
ed just as in the case of the oviparous
snakes. The worm lives on dirt; that
is, he eats it and manages to extract
sufficient nutriment from it to enable
him to eat more dirt, in which respect
he is like some people, He is partial to
rich soils and damp places, bores deep
in the earth in a dry time and as win
ter comes on and often takes a look at
the old world outside at night after a
warm rain. He is a savory food for
almost all ground animals and birds.
is almost the sole food of the mole and
is liked by fish of all kinds as we'll as
flesh and fowl. He does a wonderful
work in mellowing, nitrfying and en-
riching the soil and, while among the
very lowest of all Gods creation, I'M
ceasingly tolls for the good of all. II
the boys and girls who read this will
give an adult worm a careful exami-
nation under a good microscope, they
will get a valuable lesson in nature
study.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
Missouri in Brief.


At Salisbury Thomas Feeley, a pio-
neer, 60 years old, was found dead on
the stairway leading down from his
bedroom over a vacant store room.
The Huntsville Herald Office and
plant burned last week. Loss. Sc, 1000:
insurance, 3 1000. The p was owned
by Adjutant General w T. Damerson.
Erastus Butler. colored, who killed
his mistress at K~eytesville, six weeks
ago, pleaded guilty in the circuit court
at Salisbury and was given a 99-year
sentence.
James Rollins Bingham, who has
been a fugitive from justice for 12
years, returned to Kansas City to face
a charge of forgery. He was taken to
Jail, but Immediately upon his arrival
from Texas was released upon a bond
of ST. 900.
The Welsbach company was the only
bidder for the lighting contract in the
southwestern portion of st. Louis. The
contract includes 247 lamps, to be light
ed by oil. The price is $11 per 1000
lamp hours. on which basis the total
cost of lighting for the year will be
about $4,000.
In a circular issued by General Man
ager Harding Russell OF the Missouri Pa
cific Railway company. ID. Hardy is ap-
pointed general superintendent of that
road and its leased operated lines in
M ssouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Colo
RADIO, with headquarters at st. Louis,
vice H. G.. Clark, resigned. The ap-
pointment is effective Feb. 5.
The st. Louis, Memphis & Southeast
ern Railroad company, the new line
which has acquired the branches of the
Southern Missouri & Kansas line, be-
gan business last Tuesday. and in an
announcement from the president all
employees are retained. 1t is said to be
the formation of the Frisco water level
line to Memphis and, later, Birming-
ham, Ala.
Isaac n. Tower. aged A. a wealthy
farmer, living ten miles south OF st. Jo-
seph, died of pneumonia. He had lived
all his life on one farm, and had never
been farther away from home than st.
Joseph. He owned nearly 1000 acres of
land in Wayne township.
At least six firemen were killed and as
many injured in a fire which broke out
in the five-story stone inc brick build
ing at 314 Chestnut street, st. Louis, oc-
cupied by the American Tent & AVN
ing company. The building suddenly
collapsed. and the men were caught In
the crash. Their companions worked
two hours to get at the bodies.
Mrs. Lorraine j.. Pitkin of Chicago
was chosen a member of the auxiliary
board of lady managers of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition at st. Louis. Mrs.
Pitkin is well known as the grand Sec
rotary of the general grand chapter Or
der Eastern Star. and is also prominent
in Chicago social circles. The first
J meeting of the auxiliary board was held
at the Planters hotel in 81. Louis.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
FLoGGING IN THE NAVY
Credit of It's Abolition Due to John
P. Hale of New Hampshire.

c. w. Lewis in the Boston Tran
script: The Springfield Republican,
speaking Of Commodore Robert F.
S%tockton's service in the United States
senate, says that while there he crown
ed his career by securing legislation
prohibiting the flogging of sailors in the
United States naval service"
This is a perversion of history. Flog-
ging in the United States navy was
abolished before Commodore Stockton
entered the senate, and the credit which
the Republican gives to Stockton for
its abolition belongs to John P. Hale, of
New Hampshire. Hale was a member of
the national house of representatives
in the twenty-eight congress (1S43-45)
and on June 3. 1874 (Which was in the
the course of the first session of that
congress) he made an effort to abolish
fiogging in the navy by moving an
amendment to that effect to the naval
appropriation bill. The amendment
passed the house, but was defeated in
the senat in 1S47 (thirtieth congress)
and in July 1S4S. (Which was in the
course of the first session OF that con-
gress, the effort which he had unsuc-
cessfully made in the house he renewed
III III Stldlt Ds IlONlh6 " hSCl III
the naval appropriation bill a clause
a%bolishing the spirit ration and pro-
hibiting corporal punishment in the
navy He addressed the senate in its
favor, but only four senators arose with
him. In February, 1S49, he again pre-
scented petitions, and made a strong
speech, in which he depicted in glowing
colors the brutality, degradation and
outrage of punishment with the CATO
nine tails, but was voted Town by 80
to II.
In September, 1850, he made a final
impassioned appeal to the senate to
stand no longer in the way of abolition
Of Jogging in the navy, and on the same
day it was carried as a part of the ap-
preparation bill by a vote of 26 to "a,
and was concurred In by the house.
Thus at last his efforts were crowned
with success. 1t was a joyful day for
the American navy and for humanity.
1t was one of the most gratifying incl
dents Of his life, when, two years after,
son on board ship. who stand no longer
in the way of abolition thanked
him with a medal and manned
the yards in his honor. page "a of
Daniel Halls grafton at Concord, N. H.,
on the occasion OF the dedication of the
statue of Hale at that place on Aug. 8,
1922
Commodore Stockton did not become
a member of the senate till the thirty
second congress (1S5l-53), the first ses-
sion of which began on Monday, Dec, l.
1851, and it is thus seen that, when
Stockton took his seat In the senate,
flogging in the navy had already been
abolished o than IA months. Al
that same first session of the ~thirty-sec-
ond congress an attempt was made to
restore fiogging in the navy, but the
attempt was opposed by Hale, Stockton,
and others. and came to naught.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
Evolution in the Cornfeld.

The evolution of the machinery and
methods used in harvesting the crops
of small grain, remarkable as it was,
was no more interesting than the evo
tuition of machinery and methods now
in progress as applied to the harvest
ing of the corn crop. The same econo-
my and perfection of methods which
can hardly be improved upon with ref
erence to the small grain harvest are
now right in sight in connection with
the corn crop. Where the writer lives
thousands of acres of corn have the
past year been cut by machines and
shocked, just as wheat or oats, hauled
to the homestead at the beginning of
winter and run through either a shred
der or a thrashing machine, the NOW
filleo up with the finest of coarse for
age and the cribs with eithed shelled or
huslted' corn and the field thus cleaned
up at the rate of Is or 20 acres a day.
No more picking orn in the field with
a foot of snow on the ground and the
mercury at zero, no more losing a lot
of the best cattle by running in the
stalkfield. the hay supply to be here
after obtained from the cornfield and
the hay meadow broken up and plant
ed to corn. The most noted agricul-
tural progress of a decade has been
made right here.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

ter git q home an vote again royalty,
an the American hog make the Ger
mans over here fat and rich, SO ] think
he'll go back ter Germany NV the opln-
ion that the pork we send him is good
enough fur their markets"
I'VE will doubtless reap a great
benefit from his visit" said the editor.
Some will" answered O'aFllon. but
think av tn honor tn imperor bestows
on tn %prisa6int's little girrul Alice.
All she have { do Is to say OF call yeZ
be the name yeZ already have. 'Oi call
yez Hohenzollern.' and thin If tn prince
do not be furgittin' himself, and think
he be's in a game av poker and want
to show his hand, livery thing will he
all right. Sure all the papers in Ger
many be's printing her pictur'. and
some av thin have her lookin' like
a little -four girrul, and some have her
lookin' like a waither in a beer hall. as
she stands on the boat wild a bottle av
Budweiser that she be's goin' { break
over the bow ov tn boat, and as tn
foam av tn beer goes down { meet tn
foam av the deep. tn band will sthart
t play, In Ia~uderbach hab, lch Mein
Strumph Ferlorn,' as tn BOAT sails
away fer a cruise down tn bay, while
tn prince sings, Schemes leetle maid
chen Strumph, Strumph, Strumph,"
But tits uuare phat picturs they do
be maxim av tn little glrrul, but divil
a haeporth care OF. Let thin have their
merry tonne, fer tn little girrul Alice
will have all tn poets in Germany sing
in her praise, and in after yares the
messmates and tn prince will be sing
in wild him that good old song that
Trilby revived. oh. don't yez ramimber
swate Alice, Brudder Bill. swate Alice
that christene6 yer boat?' While tn
imperor will be pronouncin' a benedic-
ton t himself fer tn blessings he be-
slowed upon this country be lettin'
his brother grace it's borders wild his
prisince."
And while o. Fallon grew poetical
Uncle Bill and the editor had gone to
sleep, dreaming no doubt about the
price of barley and the d%elinquint sub
scriber. And as O'Fallon went out
the door he said, That be's enough t
make Clancy sware off smokin' agin."
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

A correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun says that West Virginia is rapid
ly becoming more and more the mec-
ca of the negroes of the South. The
climate of that state, as a whole, is con
genial to this race, and the great coal
and coking industries in operation in
almost every county, together with the
extensive railroad construction being
carried on, furnish ready as well as
lucrative employment for negro la
borers, of whom $4,000 are employed
in the mines.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
High Priced Fodder.

We noted thirty head of cattle work.
ing over the dry stalks in a cornfield
the other day. The owner started in
with forty head, but lost ten head dur
ing the first four days after they we're
turned in by the smut disease. These
ten head were worth about 5000, for
there were included a hundred dollar
Shorthorn bull and a COW worth $50.
The fodder in that field was never
worth ove 500, if worth that. No need
to point a moral to this story.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
Hopes to Get italian Exhibit.

Chcvalier Victor Zeggio, who has
been appointed worlds fair commits
sioner to Italy, will sail from New York
Feb. Is. He was appointed in the hope
that he may be able to induce his coun-
try to reconsider its determination not
to participate in the exposition. MI.
Zeggio performed a similar service for
the Chicago worlds fair, with the result
that Italy made a very creditable ma
tional exhibit under his supervision.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
Bold Thief Stole Wagon.

In broad daylight a thief made of
with a grocery wagon belonging to Cor
net Bros, st. Louis. in the absence of
John ~Austinman. the driver, who left
the team in front of 1913 Hogan street,
in the care Of James Cullen, a boy. Gull
len says the thief thrust a revolver in
his face and made hi mdismount and
then drove off. When found several
hours later, several blocks. away, the
wagon had been riied of its contents,
valued at SIS.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

If you are tired of farming-tired Of
milking cows, blowing, reaping and
~choring-don't make the mistake Of
renting or selling the farm and start
ing into a mercantile business in some
town. Nearly every community can
furnish some financial wreck of a man
who has done this thing. 1t is the
surest way in which to get rid of the
old farm and dissipate the hard earn
ings and savings of 20 or 80 years that
we know of. Business men have their
troubles which the man on the farm
knows but little of-deaGbeats, a saw
age competitive strife which is merci-
less, ~fiuctuating markets, a capriclous
public to cater to, overdue drafts at the
bank and uncollectable assets. No
man can succeed in a mercantile bust
ness today who has not had careful and
thorough training in the line which he
may take up. We call to mind one case
where a smooth drummer unloaded on
to a farmer who had just opened a
country store enough sal soda to last
the community for 40 years. Better by
far give the farm to the county author.
tiles to care for you the rest of your
life than buy out a store, when the
chances are that the county will have
to take care of you at the public ex-
penSe.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
Artificial Comb Honey.

A short time ago we incidentally re-
ferred to the manufacture of bogus
comb honey, and, judging from the
many letters received, we made a mis-
take in assuming that any such honey
is made or could possibly be made, and
so our readers will please Understand
that there is no such fraud practiced
and that VIZ never said there was. The
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

A petition has been presented to
King Edward for the incorporation of
the British Academy for the Promo
ton of Historical, Philosophical and
Pathological studies, and has been re-
ferred to a committee of lords in coun.
Gil. 1t Is expected that the council
will approve the incorporation, and
that the coronation year will see a
British academy established by royal
charter.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
Zinc Ore Booming.

At Joplin two lots of zinc ore, aggre-
eating over 800 tons, were purchased
last week upon a basis of $2S per ton
for so per cent. ore. This price is an
advance of 81 per ton owe the price
paid recently. and will result in choice
ore bringing 1872 per ton.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
Say Rribe Was Offered Them.


At st. Louis one of the Doodle deals
being investigated by the grand jury Is
that of the garbage contract. which was
awarded after a long delay at a price
double that of the previous year DR..
Albert Merrell and DR.. II. n. Chapman,
members of the board of health. stated
for publication that they had been Of
fered 81, 800 each to vote for the garbage
contract. They declare they rejected
the offer. but voted for the contract be-
cause there was no other way TO take
care of the city's garbage. Both have
been called to testify before the grand
jury. 1t is thoroughly understood that
the sum actually paid for securing the
passage of the garbage bill through the
municipal assembly was $1,000. The GO
between is understood to have been one
of the members of the Butler combine
in the house of delegates. Both DR..
Merrell and DR.. Chapman decline to
give the name of the man who offered
them the brides, and give as their rea-
son for refusing to do so the utter in
ability to prove their statements.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

MIA William Gregory. wife of the late
Governor Gregory, of Rhode Island, has
become the incorporate head of the
mill business which the governor con-
Quoted for a great many years in a
most successful manner
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

A friend writes us from New Jersey
that the bane of agriculture in that
section is found in selling milk at
low prices to city and the
purchase of western dairy rations at
ruinously high prices. Under these con
ditions the producers of milk ought to
be able to command better prices for
their product. There is a tremendous
difference between working the fertile
soils of the west and northwest and
those of many of the eastern states.
where the sum expended for commercial
fertilizers amounts to as much in
many cases as the crop is worth. This
difference in soils and the eve decreas-
ing freight rates are bound to give the
west almost a monopoly in the produc-
ton of the cereals of the country.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

Enough timber is destroyed by fire
in this country every year to supply al
the pulp mills. though these can turn
out $500 900 tons OF paper a year.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

We are asked whether it is better to
cultivate a strawberry bed in the
spring or rake the mulching in be-
tween the ROY ana not cultivate it. For
the purpose of securing the moisture
necessary to carry the berries safely
through the drouth during the fruiting
season. assuming that the space be-
tween the rows was thoroughly cult
waited the previous season, we should
much prefer the mulching to spring
cultivation. We would further advise
the leaving of just as much of the COW
ering on the plants themselves as could
be done without injury to them.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

A country boy asks us why tele-
phone wires sing so loudly in cold
weather. 1t is caused by the contrac-
ton of the wire by the cold. He can
readily demonstrate the truth of this
by striking a slack wire, which he will
find will have no resonant quality
whatever, but when frightened up will
have. The wintry winds striking these
taut wires produce the singing effect
noted in an aeolian harp.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

the goth of May, would keep the disk
and harrow at work on it up to the
26th and then plant. While this may
seem a little late for planting, we had
far rather take the chances thus thar
to pillow and plant earlier.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

A car containing 1000 bushels OF
wheat was unloaded at a western flour
mill a short time ago We can all re-
call the time when 500 bushels of
wheat was considered a big carload.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

A friend tells us that he successfully
fruits his strawberry bed for five years
in succession. This may be done pos
sibly with a small bed, but where the
bed is large it is every way better to
fruit two years and then pillow up. We
find it less trouble to set out a new
led than ~renovate an old one.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

Milk dried and powdered is a new
product which is attracting some at
tention. 1t is claimed for it that it
will keep indefinitely in any climate,
is easily handled and contains all the
nutritious properties of liquid milk.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

Illustrating what the rural mail route
accomplishes, we note that on a certain
route in a western county upon which
about 100 families are served, of which
but two were taking a daily paper prior
to the rural service, there are now
n~inety-one daily papers taken, and the
figures show that the correspondence
of these families has more than dou-
bled in the same time.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

The prize winning Hereford beeves
at the Chicago live stock exposition,
which sold for 81 per hundredweight,
were Texas cattle finished off on Ohio
corn.