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however, has vet to be told. At the ex-
piration of his sentence he came out,
as he thought a ruined man, so that
his amaZement car be better imagined
than described when q stranger stepped
forward and offered him employment.
The individual in question was no 9TH
err than an e~x-convict he had helped in
former days. who had been thus en-
abled to set himself up in business as
a drayer. He was now we'll off, so it
came about that his benefactor entered
his employ as a shopwalker.
Another remarkable criminal in char
ity's cause vas Carvarta, a Spaniard,
who died in a Barcelona prison five
years ago after a career of crime cover
ing some 20 years, at the end of which
he was wanted" by all the police in
Europe. His sole motive was to rob
the rich and distribute the proceeds
among the poor. On n occasion he
stole $4,000 worth of Jewels in Am
sterdam, and, having sold them out,
sent the proceeds to the mayor of his
native town for division among 100
paupers, while in a second instance he
entered a bank in Berlin and, with the
booty he secured, liquidated the debts
of a hospital in the same city. Alto
gether he is computed to have stolen
more than $3.50, 900, not a 1.-THE of which
he spent on himself. for he lived in
q garnet on three shillings a week.
Tid-BitS.
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His First Paiamas.

Pater Familias has been grunting
and grooming for weeks with the old
enemy-rheumatism. His son, the doc
tor, sent him a suit of wooden pajamas
of vivid blue and pink, with the %injunc-
tion delivered by his Pennsylvania
Dutch wife, "To put them on and not
take them Off" The old gentlemen was
unusually quiet all day, and after ran
sacking his dictionaries and cyclopedias
remarked: We'll, l heard of
the things before The next morn
ing in the breakfast room it vas noticed
by an observant member of the house
hold that pater was rather bumpy and
fat. Finally above the waistband of
his trousers crept a roll of blue and
pink. Goodness. pap! You haven't got
on those pajamas!" exclaimed the
daughter of the family. Eyes, yes
ha/ e." he shouted testify. "The doctor
+ 1 me to put them on and not take
len off" And he has them on yet,
while the family is in a state of giggle-
ment.
The doctor. who lives several hun
dred miles away. received this telegram
from the daughter:
Come home at once and help us get
those pajamas off papa."-New York
Press.
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Among the tendencies of the times
none is more gratifying than those
that are gradually making rural life
less Objectionable to the best ele-
ment of our society. The tide of
rural exodus to the city shows some
signs of turning. Those who have
been leaving the old farms have more
and more disposition to turn back.
The rush of rural communities city
ward is being stayed and the country
districts show more and more marked
signs of being rescued from desertion.
Certainly no more hopeful indication
were possible. City life stands, on
the whole, for mental, moral and ply
steal Observation-Disclosures Globe.
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49,
A MAN OF THE o PL

Bishop Henry c. Potter of New York
is a very busy man, but ever since the
building of the Cathedral of st. John
the divine was started ten years ago
he has not neglected to visit Morning
side Heights several times a month.
The bishop takes a constantly increas-
ing interest in the construction of this,
the largest house Of worship to be at
tempted since the middle ages, and the
workmen who are gradually rearing the
cathedral skyward are much interested
in the bishop and look toward to his
Inspections. Every workman knows
the bishop and the bishop knows every
workman by his full name. Moreover,
the bishop cracks many a joke with the
artisans, who, in turn, relate to the
head of the diocese their favorite yarns,
and often at his request instruct him
in the knacks of their various trades.
One stonecutter asserts hal quite re-
Gently he shared his midday meal of
ham sandwiches with the bishop, who
seemed to relish the repast, eaten from
a block of granite. yes, he's a pretty
democratic sort of man, is the bishop"
said this s~tonecutter, "and the way he
asks us questions and picks up knowl-
edge of the stone dressing business is
a caution. | do believe, if he had to,
he could dress a stone pretty well the
first time he tried it,"
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THE NEWDEGATE FAMILY.
Ancient Lineage of Sir dward, Re-
Gently Dead.

Sir Edward Newdegate came of a
family of great antiquity. AS long ago
as the Norman Conquest they possessed
a manor of Newdegate in the County
of Surrey. In the annals of King John
a de N~iwudegate is mentioned, and in
the reign of Edward III a Newdegate
was knighted for services in the wars
with the French. About this time Will
liam De Newdegate was elected to rep
resent Surrey county in parliament,
and up to the present day the family
has retained a seat in the house of
commons. One outstanding member of
the line was Sir Richard Newdegate,
who, in the reign of Charles II, was the
renovator of the family splendor,
which had suffered some d~eclension
from the early brilliancy of that New
degate who came over with the Con-
queror. On April 5, 1860, just before
the restoration of the throne of Charles
ii this Sir Richard was elected member
of parliament for Tamworth borough,
and was a sergeant at law, and after
ward lord chief justice of the upper
bench-a position to which he was
raised by his cousin. Oliver Cromwell.
Cromwell told Sir Richard he would
have him hanged because he would not
declare a certain act to be treason
against the lord protector, since no
such offense existed in the statute
book. The baronet is reported to have
made reply: You can do that if you
like, but you told me you wished the
law enforced and made me n Judge. I
have enforced the law. There is no
such term as treason against the lord
protector. Go to parliament and get
the law altered, and then | will en-
force it; but not till then" Cromwell's
rejoinder IF you gentlemen of
the red robe will not administer the
law, | will see what my gentlemen of
the red coat can do" Another IL
lustrious member of the old family was
Sir Roger, who on Aug. 5, 1742, was
elected member of parliament for Mid
dleseX county, and eight years later be-
came member for Oxford university.
He founded the Newdegate prize poem
for competitors by members of the
University of Oxford, and it has been
the aspiration and earliest published
effort of some of the best modern poets.
The late Rt. Hon. G. N. Newdegate, P.
c., from whom Sir Edward inherited
the estates, represented North War
wickshire in the house of commons for
AZ years. He will ever be remembered
by his determined opposition to Chas.
Bradlaugh. Newdegates have figured
In the British parliament a matter Of
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In Sweden a committee was recently
appointed by the government for the
purpose of ascertaining how many
hours children of various ages ought to
sleep in order that they might be able
to study properly. According to the
report forwarded to the minister of edu-
cation, children who are 4 years old
should sleep IL hours; children who are
Z years old, II hours; children who are
9 years old, from 9 to 10 hours, and
those who are from IA to 81 years old,
from 8 to 10 hours. 1t further points
out that anaemia and weakness in chill
dren are frequently due to lack of sleep.
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Compensations.

To eat heartily and to sleep sound
ly are two important compensations
for some Of the disagreeable features
of farm life. You go to your home at
eventide after your days work afield
and. while your name may be unknown
outside of your own county and while
you may have neither stocks nor bonds
to your credit in the bank and though
you often feel that you do not fill a
very large place in the great world,
know that your lot is one of the most
favored on earth and that many a mil
lionaire would give all his gold for your
stomach, many a statesman all his pop
ularity for your peace of mind, many a
great man all his fame for our quiet
and approving conscience
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As To Deep Flowing.

The old saying, "Plow deep while
sluggards sleep and you shall have corn
both to sell and to keep, is proved by
careful experiment to be only half a
truth. So much depends upon the char
acter of the subsoil, the season of the
year when the blowing is done, the
crop to be planted and the previous
working of the field. Deep blowing in
the spring or most soils is a positive
damage instead of a benefit and almost
ruinous if the crop consists of any of
the cereals. If w could start the pillow
in the stubble field early in August,
we would set it down as deep as three
horses could pull it and only then.
There is more chance for the exercise
of good judgment in this matter than
most men think.
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There is no progress being made in
any line which is more noticeable than
that being made in agriculture. The
old slipshod, hit and go miss, back
breaking type Of farming is rapidly
giving way before the newer and bet
ter way of doing things. There is a
demand for scientific information on
soils crops, breeding, feeding, an
awakening to the value Of the improved
breeds of stock of all kinds, a remark
able interest in the farm institute work
and a growing appreciation of the fact
that agriculture offers as wide a field
and as rich returns for a man with
brains and education as any of the
so-called professions. Invention has
robbed the farm of most of its piitiful
drudgery and made it possible to do
farm work with dispatch, economy and
pleasure.
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TURKEY rs FULL OF SPIES.
Will Spy Not Only on Other People,
but Will Spy Upon Themselves.

For spies Turkey beats the world"
said Mr.. John II. Height of st. Paul,
who has just returned from a trip
through the Orient before returning
home. II know something about SPIES"
he continued, but there are more of
them to the square mile in the land
of the Turks than you would imagine
could be possible, and the system is
evidently growing. Why, there are
spies, and spies on spies, and spies on
the spies of spies, without any end, as
far as l could learn.
There the government distrusts ev-
cry one, and everybody distrusts every
body else. For two or more persons to
be seen talking together suggests a
conspiracy, and wherever they are talk
ing there are SURE to be spies to listen
to them. Every officer of the govern
ment has his spies, and he is spied on.
And as the spies cannot be trusted they
must be spied on, and so there seems
TO be a conglommeration of unending
spy chains running through the entire
empire.
Every foreigner is under %surveil-
lance, and he cannot be in conversa-
ton in the streets without unexpected
ears being strained in his direction.
For two months, wherever | went, |
was subjected to annoyance by know
ing that strangers were listening to me,
and inquiring into my business. Once
while was slipping a cup of coffee with
an old New York friend whom | was
delighted TO meet, | noticed a long
nosed, sharp eyed, big cared sneak, of
mixed blood and several languages,
standing near by, quite evidently lis
tening to us.
"'Come here and take a seat If you
want to hear I said to him in a loud
voice, but he paid no attention, and
kept his place as though he hadn't
heard me. That fellow hung around me
for weeks.
THE best way over there is always
to speak loud, converse, as far as pos
sible, on trivial subjects when in pub
lie, and avoid every sort of CONVERSE
ton that even squints at politics.
Il don't know what the end of this
sort of thing is going to be. but I do
know that the nation is demoralized
under it."-Kansas City Star.
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Hare Meat Scare.

We have not noted any recent sales
of Belgian hares of a rich rufous color
and of regal lineage of $3.50 each,
neither do we note that hare meat has
come into any general use either
among the epicures or the common
people; in fact, it would be very diff
cult to get an order filled for roast hare
at any restaurant in the country. The
scheme to thus supply the poor people
with meat was a failure, and this class
will have to depend upon salt pork,
soup bones and liver as heretofore.
Then we have an idea that even il
hare meat had been made plentiful and
cheap the poor, like the Israelites of
old, woulu have soon gagged on their
rations, as did the Hebrews on their
quail and mama.
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We have never known a prolific sec
ond crop of clover and timothy as the
cool and wet season Of 1902 has pro-
duccd. Not only the clover had head
ed out as usual, but the timothy as we'll,
and in many places the second crop is
as good as the first a taken off in
July last
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

The coming farmer will know how to
Judge stock and feed it, will under
stand all about a balanced ration and
the proper rotation of crops and know
enough of practical mechanics so that
he can handle the machinery he will
be Obliged to use in his farm opera
tions, and the average boy should be
given a start along these lines as part
of his education.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

Those handsomely labeled cans of
"potted chicken which are in favor
for high toned society luncheons and
picnic parties are quite likely to be the
only evidence Of a farm tragedy where
a nice little day old calf was by the
hand Of science, aided by fraud,
changed from a prospective head of
the herd into boiled rooster. Managed
Just right it would be hard to detect
the fraud.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

Milet is a crop which may be raised
IN the north country where corn will
not grow and mature. 1t is almost a
sure crop and produces an abundance
Oh valuable seed. This seed has most
OF the fattening properties of corn, and
the stockmen Of that country are find
ing out that in millet they have a val
liable food to finish off their cattle as
trst class beef. 1t is fed as a meal
combined with barley or oats.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

In the matter of corn there is a great
deal of Importance in properly adapt
ing varieties to climate and latitude.
We lately saw samples of White Dent
corn raised in central Minnesota which
was better matured than the same sort
of corn raised 400 miles farther south.
The northern grown corr was not so
large as that grown south, but plenty
big enough to make it a very profitable
crop to raise.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

AS an explanation of how eastern
dairymen are able to keep COWS on a
high priced dairy ration we note that
the dairymen of New Jersey have late
ly contracted their milk to the condens-
ing factory at an average price of $1.S2
per 100 pounds, or 8 7-8 cents per quart,
equivalent to 81 cents per pound for
what butter fat the milk contains.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

In order to keep the corn Of a large
area OF the corn country this veal it
VIII be absolutely necessary to put the
grain in narrow well ventilated cribs.
The old cribs ten feet wide or even
eight should be split lengthwise by a
four inch partition and air space. An
other thing, the soft ears should be
separated as far as possible from the
sound ones at the time of huslling the
crop.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

The new Of a cat saved a family from
death by suffocation in Worcester,
Mass, and hereafter the cast can prac-
tice their nocturnes with impunity
around that domicile.
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| $40 years-1360 to 1902-while for con-
siderable more than eight centuries
they have occupied positions of impor-
lance in the country.-London Tele-
graph,
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New inventions always beget new
risks. Men have for centuries hauled
out from the yard into the
field, and we never heard of an acct
dent, but here comes this ~newfangled
anu spreader, and in some manner
the teasmter managed to get run
through it and was punched full of
holes in less than two seconds.
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Is There Such a Place.

We have always thought that If the
ideal location for a home could be cho-
sen in this country, it would be some
valley farm or ranch in northern Cali
fornia or southern Oregon, where the
rainfall would be ample to mature
crops, where the winter would be a
long drawn out, mild and beautiful
fall, where fruits and flowers of the
rare and tender sorts would find un-
hampered development. where nature
would be kind and reliable, not given
to cranky fits of storm, cyclone, light
ming and blizzard; where the choice
foods of the sea would be easily OBJ
tainable, with trout in tie valley
stream, pheasants in the clearings of
the foothills and a deer to be had up on
the mountains: a place not too far from
the mighty Pacific where n could
sometimes gaze on the oceans calm or
dts fury; not far from some ever snow
crowned mountain peak, taking from
valley, mountain and ocean those in
spirrtions always denied to the dweller
on the level plain countries. But there
may be no such Elysium, after all.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

The cold summer which matured the
apple crop in the best shape possible
made it hard for the melon and corn
crops to pull through at all.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

Most men do not like to bother with
fall pigs, but a friend of ours had forty
such pigs last fall, and, letting them
wiggle through the winter as best they
could, he turned them on to clover and
rape last spring I'M iattened them dur
ing July and August, making them
weigh 245 pounds each by early Sep
TENDER, and sold them at 81 per hun
dredweight. He made good money on
those pigs.
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1t takes a oma to have pity for a
hungry nan who won't work, and be-
cause women do this is largely why we
have this breed Of parasites with us.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

Mr.. Hill has exacted a promise from
Bird S. Coler that the latter will not
sing on the stump. Bird is said to be
quite a songster.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

Wherever the winters are long and
cold it is always safer to lay the rasp-
berries and grapes down in the fall and
cover them with earth.
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The South is fast becoming a big
greenhouse to supply the North with
fresh vegetables during the winter sea-
son.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

The West has a big fight on hand to
keep down the prairie dog, while the
East has almost as much trouble to
keep the logs of civilization within de-
cent limitations.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

AS a general rule it may be said that
any soil wherein grows the shellbarll
hickory and the white oak is good for
the apple orchard.
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Unusual rains have damaged the buff
falo grass on the ranges and prevented
it from curing for winter feed of the
stock.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

The turkey chop is short, and the
cranberry crop is short, and come OF
us may have to celebrate Thanksgiving
and ~,,~c.ise the Lord with roast pork
and apple sauce this year..
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The dogs in the state of Minnesota
are valued for the purposes of taxation
at S. each.
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The bushel box in place of the barrel
holding two and a half bushels is COM
ing much into favor for the packing of
apples. 1t is claimed that less of the
fruit is bruised, it is easier handled
and is a more acceptable sized package
for tie retailer to dispose of.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

The work of the "nester" or home
steader who is locating on the hereto
fore monopolized range lands of the
West is doing much to break up re
cattle barons' interests. If it were not
that the government stands back of the
homesteader, he would never be allowed
to acquire any land rights in those sec
tons.
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4 Poor Relation
pity is akin to love"
That's another of those poor rela-
tions. Exchange.
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There has been a loss of just about
33 per cent on all oats threshed out of
the shock this year just in the matter
of price, such oats selling for 10 or Il
cents per bushel less thar they would
have done had the crop been stacked as
soon as cut.
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The prolific crops of the year are but
little affecting prices, and it goes with
out saying that the farmers of the
country have another very prosperous
year before them.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

Kansas has produced sunflowers 16
inches in diameter this year. 1t we'll
deserves the name of the Sunfiower
State.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

Michigan almost always comes to the
front with a crop of most luscious
peaches, and the present year is no ex-
ception. These are nearly all produced
on just a narrow strip adjoining Lake
Michigan, where climatic cold is modi-
fed by the presence of the lake water.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

We noticed the other day a small
Soy not over twelve years old driving
four big grade Percheron horses on a
gang pillow and turning over the soil at
the rate Of five acres a day. 1t gave
the little fellow about all he could do to
raise the pillow by the lever when he
came to the end of the field.
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CENTRAL N. o. NO. $500
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1t is now about time to think about
protecting the strawberry bed. After
the ground is frozen put on a covering
two inches thick of slough hay or clean
straw, the object of such covering be-
ing not to prevent the plants from
freezing. but to prevent them from
freezing and thawing during the win
ter.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

We are asked whether a man can
make q business Of trading horses, be
straight and honest and still make
money. We have never come across
this pleasing combination. The honest
man who goes into the horse trading
business soon has a lot of experience,
and the other fellow has the horses
and money.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

The water level, which it was once
claimed had gone down nearly a hun
dred feet during the dry years, is nee
more doing business at the old stand
as many a man who has had to have
his cellar drained this summer has
found out.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

When the cornfield has to brave a
May frost, it will have little to fear
from a September freeze, and it is al
ways better for it to have the spring
frost than the fall one.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

Chicago courts have ruled that where
a man buys a steak at a restaurant and
cannot eat the whole of it he may carry
the rest away with him if he wishes to,
thus robbing the restaurant proprietor
of his soup stock.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

There is no way in which to make
money faster on the farm today than
to grow hogs. The pigs are free from
disease and selling, when fatted, at
prices which will return 70 cents a
bushel for all the corr fed them.