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The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

Iowa with almost purely
agricultural is still represented by
eleven lawyers in congress, which Is
what we would call an agricultural
joke. There ought to be at least one
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10
BY His Own Exertions.

you say he was not born with a
silver spoon in his MOUTH"
He was not; but, as a result of his
ver-handled knife in his mouth, and
he does it."-Ch;cago Post.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

In a trial at Atlanta the fact was
ELECTED that at one drug store in that
city more than 5000 prescriptions for
cocaine had been filled within two
months.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

We know of one or two very liberal
landlords who treat their farm tenants
more as partners in business than as
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

King Edwards chef, M. Menanger,
of southern France, receives $4,000 a
year and rides daily from his resi-
dence to Buckingham palace in a han
som.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

Thirty years ago the aged OK "a
counted as the best grade of beef. To-
day it is rare to find a four-year-old
steer in any of the stockyards of the
country.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

Matinee girls worship the hero, be-
cause they imagine his love-making
stunts are the real thing.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10
Not Hereditary.

Funny thing about self-made men,"
whats that?"
They never have daughters who
care for self-made dresses" -Phila-
delphia Press.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

A girl may strike a man as a pretty
miss-and strike him later as an
angry wife.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

Wealth is something that enables
a millionaire to stand up in meeting
and say it is no disgrace to be poor.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

Many a mans settled opinions are
settled by his wife.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

blunders or violates the law of har-
mOny or art.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10
Rev, J. w. Kimbrell, Of
Madison, Mo.,preach-
Is to a~ycongregation
of two hundred peo-
pie who were detained at home by
the impossible condition Of the
country roads. The regular sing
ing and preaching services held.
The first service of its kind.

"a N THE second Sunday of the month 200 families of Misouri farm
r folk listened Ito a sermon by their pastor without leavmg theF
respective homes. Seated in their houses, the mDer OF
each family of this widely scattered congregation heard the words OF n
gospel from the preachers lips and the singing of the choir N m voices
of two young ladies in a duet. They bowed their heads and te minister
prayed for guidance and dismissed them with Gods blessing.
So impossible were the roads in this Missouri community that ne
people could not o to church. The mountain went to Mahomet. III
church went to the people. Modern invention laughs at muddy roads m
unfordable rivers. All these people heard that sermon I'M n res OF TN
regular church services by telephone.
This happened at Madison, Mo, and its nvironing agricultural com
munhy. Madison is in Monroe county and is but a small town yet TINS ms
marvellous marriage of science and religion at which Rev. j.. w. klmbren
a the officiating clergyman is worthy of the widest publication to IN
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

When is love deformed? When it
is all on one side.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

Montana has a Milk river-but it is
mostly water.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

The Boer wal used up 10000 horses
and $4,000 mules, most of which died
of disease within six months after they
were landed.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

II you want to experiment with some
new crop this year, try a small patch
of alfalfa. If it will grow with you, 1t
will make you the finest hog pasture
to be had.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

Happiness consists largely in want
ing something real bad and standing a
good show of getting it. The actual
getting of it often spoils all the fun.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

The two-year-old hen best serves her
country in q potpie.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-04-10

Nearly all of our choice fruits will
stand a temperature of zero. 1t is
what lies between zero and 40 below
which limits the list which a be
grown.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
An lmnroved Plane.


The patents have been secured for
the automatic plane invented by Jerry
W. Kirby of this city. The plane is
one of the most novel and efficient of
all the labOr-saving devices offered in
a number of years. II is operated by
means of an automatic roller. When
the plane is pushed ahead the roller
is even with the rest. When the
plane is drawn back the automatic
roller moves forward and downward,
at the same time raising the bit so that
the plane does not drag over the sur
face.
The old-fashioned plane has always
been found awkward and heavy. I'm
der the new process the entire instru-
ment is made of pressed steel, weigh
ing not more than twO-thirds as much
as the old one, and selling for about
half the price. The rollers are hol-
low and so arranged that it is practi-
cally two planes in one. one being ball
bearing and the other on spindles.
In front of the cutting bit there is an
automatic light adjuster. When a de-
feet is discovered in the rollers they
may be taken out and new ones in
serted. In short planes the rollers
are small, while in jointed planes they
are large and few. The new device
has been adopted by about so per
cent OF the carpenters who have seen
it.-Butte (Montl Inter-Mountain.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
commerelaI and Natural starter..

Commercial and Natural Starters.
Prof. G. L. Mckay: am asked to
state which like best. the commercial
or natural starter. For the average
maker. I believe the commercial start
er will give the better results. But
the intelligent maker who has taste
and smell well cultivated, will be able
to select milk and prepare a starter
that will produce favor equal or SUI
perior to any culture on the market.
When the good Lord created the earth,
He provided everything that was nee.
essary to bring about the best results
without any artificial means. We
usually find that when thorough clean.
illness is observed in everything per
tanning to the milk. that the right spe-
cies of bacteria are present to give
the most perfect flavor to the butter
and cheese. Milk becomes impure
from an external source. II I were
asked to give definition of a natural
starter, at the present, l would find it
difficult thing to describe. For in
stance, one man has dirty. leaky vat
which is loaded with foul bacteria
ready to contaminate the purest
cream. Another man will have i'm
properly cleaned churns and pumps,
hlled with undesirable bacteria, and
stil another washes his butter with
impure water.
There is the oyer-ripe hand separa-
tor cream which some makers have to
contend with. These are all starters
Of their kind. One man uses butter
milk and calls it a natural starter.
Another uses skimmilk caught from
the average milk as it comes from the
separators, and he calls it a skimmilk
or natural starter Another win 90
out and get the milk of fresh COW
and allow it to sour, which is also a
natural starter. Some will use whole
milk and some will use cream, and
they will come under the head Of
natural starters. Most makers would
get about the same results If they did
not use any stlrter as TO use the kind
| have just mentioned.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
New EYenIasa Advancement

Whether or not the invention pre-
sented in the accompanying illustra-
ton is practical we cannot say, having
never had the pleasure Cd of making
a practical test of this new eyeglass;
but it would seem as though consider
able bravery would be required to
place the glass in the position in
which it is designed to rest. This Do
sition, as viii be seen, is directly over
the eyebal, with the edges Of the
glass inserted beneath the upper and
lower lids, to maintain it where it viii
aid the eye in its work. The specific
form of the lens is. of course, imma-
terial. and will vary with the require
ments Of the user-that is to say. the
glass viii have more or less magnify
ing power or viii be arranged to COM
pensate for astigmatism. etc. after the
manner of ordinary glasses. 1t diff.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
MlIkina At sunny Peak Fam.

D. w. Howie thus tells how the
milking is done on Sunny Peak farm,
near Milwaukee:
The first thing we do is to wrap a
heavy blanket around the cans which
are to receive the milk. By so doing
the milk is enabled to retain its heat
for very long time. This prevents
the necessity of warming it again for
the separator and calves. The next
procedure is milking. Each mixer has
his own COWS. The poorest mixer, as
a general thing, is given the easiest
cows to milk and the best mixer gets
the hardest ones. This may not seem
fair, but it saves time and also pre-
vents the chance of spelling the hard
milking cows that, though they may
be hard mixers, are nevertheless ex-
cellent COWS in every respect. have
noticed that good mixers are born
and not made" If man has any con.
siderable number of cows to milk for
six months and at the end OF that time
is not good mixer you may rest as
sured that he never will be one. Each
man feeds his own COWS their grain ra-
ton as he milks them. The milk be-
ing weighed by the mixer. he, of
course. is in the best position to know
which of his COWS should have the
most feed. Some are fed just before
they are milked; this takes their at
tention away from the mixer and they
give down freely, standing quietly at
the same time. Others, if fed while
being MIXED, become so engrossed
with their eating that they forget
everything and step forward and back,
now stretching their whole bodies to
get a good mouthful, now drawing
back to chew it, thus greatly annoying
the mixer. Such COWS are generally
fed after being MIXED. We arrange it
so that when the milking is being done
the COWS all have their grain either
in front Of them or in their stomachs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
Development of Young Pics.

Much of our success in hog raising,
both as to economy of production and
quality Of product, depends vn how we
care for the young pigs after weaving,
says Prof. w. ]. Fraser. The old say.
ing that feed is half the breed" is
true, if we include the methods of
feeding. Feeding largely on food that
tends to produce fat, without sufficient
exercise being given, will often change
a little Yorkshire into thick, fat type,
or may cause such a arrangement of
the digestive organs as to founder the
ytung pigs. This is a most serious
condition, and will render them profit
less. Indigestion may show itself by
the pigs failing in flesh, loss of appe-
tite, roughness of hair, scaliness of
SKIN, teeth becoming black, etc. The
last condition is often thought to be
the cause, rather than the eject. 1t
is, together with the others, but an
evidence of injudicious feeding. In
case some young pigs become so fat
that they die from what is known as
''thumps," in all cases proper food and
exercise will prevent, and, in a meas
ure, remedy them. Prevention is bet.
ter than cure"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
SCIENCE HAS DONE MUCH
TO PRESERVE THE BABES
Their Chances Of Longevity Now Infinitely Greater
Than They Have Ever Been-Many Causes That Have
Contributed to This Very Desirable Result

Born in the year 1903" is a phrase
promising more significance to the
obituaries Of the future than such a
phrase ever before meant to human
ity. For the babe born iii this year
Of grace has three times the chance
that a baby ever before had for reach
ing its first year, and It has I'VE times
the chance Of passing its fifth year Of
life. Why2 In the first place. in
spite Of all that grandma may indicate
to the contrary, the mother Of to-day
knows more about children than moth
ers ever knew BEFORE in the second
place. the doctors know more than
they ever did; and, in general, there
is a more earnest attempt at child
saving than ever before in the history
of the World.
Among the most sangufne Of grand
mothers thirty years ago the great
fear audibly expressed was that lane
wiz never raise that child" One
hundred years ago in the workbouses
Of Great Britain there were twenty
three deaths of children under one
year old to every twenty-fOur births
in those asylums, and nothing unusual
was thought Of the rate Of mortality.
Meissner announced fifty years ago
that from one-third TO onehalf Of the
children born in Europe died before
they reached the age of one year
Twenty-Five years ago statistics in the
United States and in Great Britain
showed that one-fourth Of the total
number Of deaths were of children in
their first year. while Gross shows
that in the cities of Europe in 1893
the death rate was far out Of the pro
portion which might be expected Of
the advance in pathology and santa
ton
Three years ago an estimate was
made Of the comparative mortality Of
children in half q dozen cities in the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
POPULAR SCIENCE
A New Machine for the Farmer.

New Machine for the Farmer.
Not many years ago the farmer was
compelled to plant all his seed By
band, walking many miles and carry
ing heavy burdens to SOW the grains
or plant the potatoes which we're to
yield the harvest in the fall. and even
the grass had to be cut with scythes.
Now all this labor is performed by
machinery, while the farmer rides
over the ground, guiding his team,
and accomplishing more in a single
day than he could in a week before
the inventor set out to aid him in his
toll. Still another machine has been
brought forward, this time a weed
puller, invented by a man in Mime
sofa. Our picture shows the invention
doing its work, and gives an idea Of
the mechanism by which It is operat-
ed. Two futed rollers are mounted
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29

The aIbatross has a maximum weight
Of kilogrammes and spread Of wing
Of 35z metres. but the width Of wing
is relatively small. 20 that the wing
surface IS not above ITO Of a square
metre, which IS much less than that
Of the condor or the California yuI-
ture.
We must go back to extinct crea-
lures to discover the best-designed fly
ing machine. The pterodactyIs, huge
flying reptiles, which lived In the
CretaceOus period, had wings 2 ITO
metres long. but small. narrow bodies
and very light bones. much lighter
than those Of birds. The total weight
Of their bodies has been estimated at
about twelve kilogrammes, so that
their fight must have been as easy
as that Of the butterfly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29

An electrically charged wire grid
iron is the newest fly killer.
a red eolored solution now obviates
the need Of a dark room in photog-
raphy.
A French scientist has cheapened
the production of liquid air by half
so that its use in the arts may now
be profitable.
The use of electricity In everyday
affairs is developing enormously in
Great Britain. The usual price is aIS
cents per unit.
A bill is proposed in the German
reichstag to prohibit the use Of phos-
phorus in making matches. on the
ground that the government has &C
quired the patent of new igniting
substance harmless to tAe health of
the employees and has placed it at
the disposal OF the match factories.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
THE STUDY OF CHARACTER.
Little Things That Tell Much TO the
ObserVant-

Little Things That Tell Much 10 tire
ObSerVant-
Character can be read in a persons
carriage. it is claimed
Business takes long strides and has
8 quick, nervous gait
Stubbornness waddIes. pointing de-
terminedly to self with every ster-
Happy sO4ucky has a free and easy
walk. throwing his arms and legs
about as if hung on ptvots.
Dignity is studiOusIy erect. measur-
ing her steps carefully and looking
neither to the right nor left 1t Is ex-
aggersted style OF the correct poise.
Independence struts. positively tip
ping backward and swaggers his
shoulders and uptilts his hat. saving.
in appearance. If not in words. "A fg
for your opinion 1t is the little
things in a day which combine 10
make up the events of lifetime. We
cannot be too careful in guarding the
training OF the body. Some are
blessed with beautiful faces; others
with fine figures: many have luxuriant
hair and a graceful carriage. Yet il
is possible for each to possess. in part.
al Of these attributes OF beauty. vita
study and practice
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
Sugar Ry-PrOducts as Horse Feed.

Sugar 5y-Products as Horse Feed.
The beet chips, diffusion residue.
ana other by-products obtained in the
manufacture of beet sugar, consist Of
the sugar beet from which a consid.
cradle portion of the carbohydrates
mas been removed, says a bulletin Of
the Department of Agriculture. The
total amount of nutritlve material
present, however, is fairly large
These products, properly speaking.
are also coarse folders. Molasses,
which consists almost entirely Of car
bohydrates (sugars), was used as
early as 1880 as a feed for horses, and
mas recently attracted considerable
attention in this connection. When
used for this purpose it is usually
sprinkled on dry feed, being first di-
luted with water, or 1t is mixed with
some material which absorbs it and
renders 1t easy to handle, such as
peat dust, or with some material rich
IN nitrogen, as dried blood. In the
latter case the mixture more nearly
represents concentrated feed than
the molasses alone, or molasses
mixed with an absorbent material
only. Cane-sugar molasses is also
used as a feeding stun It differs
from beet molasses in that it contains
glucose in addition to cane sugar, and
has much smaller percentage OF
salts.
In this connection the experiments
reporting the successful feeding of
cane molasses to over 400 work
horses at a sugar plantation In the
Fill Islands are of interest. AS high
as 30 pounds of molasses was fed per
head daily at different times, but the
ration finally adopted consisted of Is
pounds Of molasses, pounds Of bran,
and pounds of maize. In addition
green sugar cane tops were fed The
health Of the horses remained excel
lent Molasses did not cause diarrhea,
but rather constipation, which was
counteracted by feeding bran. Feed
ing molasses effected a saving of over
$45 per head per annum. However,
1t was believed that such a saving
"NS PCSSAbAD OAiy W lSdSOn VI ldI6
quantities of waste molasses and
Valueless cane tops available on the
spot. In discussing these experiments
the following statements were made:
For working horses the sugar in cane
molasses is a satisfactory substitute
for starchy food, being readily digest
ed and Is pounds can be
given to 1,27O-pound working horse
with advantage to the health of the
animal and to the efficiency of its
work. 1t produces no undue fatten-
ing, softness, nor injury to the wind.
The high proportion of salts in it has
no injurious effect. An albuminoid
ratio as low as ILLS has proved high
ly suitable for heavy continuous work
when a sufficient quantity of digest
ible matter is given.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29

United States. the comparison being
made with the total number Of deaths
from disease. The average Of deaths
under one year and under ) showed
in comparison with the total deaths q
proportion Of SIS per cent
In general the deaths Of infants and
young children averaged half under
the age OF two years, due wholly to
the group Of communicable diseases
scarlet fever. diphtheria and measles.
OF this group of three diseases in one
year New York had q death showing
of 10000 children, while ISIS per cent
of its total death rate was Of children
suffering from dfarrheaI troubles
AntitOxin as applied in cases of
diphtheria has been one Of the great
agents in the preservation OF infant
life Vaccination has been another:
knowledge of the dangers of measles
and whOOping cough has been another:
a certain marked disposition OF some
diseases TO decrease in virulence has
been considered. and, above most
other things. having bearing upon the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29

on an adjustable support at the rear Of
a sulky, with chain gearing TO rotate
them rapidly as the machine is drawn
over the ground. AS the fittings on
the face OF the rollers mesh closely to
gether. it is easy to understand how
any weed or grass which once gets be
tween them viii be drawn up, until it
is finally lifted out of the ground.
roots and all. To insure the killing of
higher growths, the machine has been
fitted with series Of rotary blades.
which feed the tops of the weeds
down beneath the face of the first
roller, instead of allowing this roller
to strike the stems and push the
weeds over, without uprooting them
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
TroIIer-Ferrn erIdne.

A French engineer by the name Of
Arnodin has bought out an arrange
ment whereby congested bridge traffic,
1t is claimed, will be relieved, and
ferryboats may be done away with.
His invention is a trolley-ferry bridge
and consists Of car suspended above
the surface of the water at any height
desired by means Of steel cables run
ming on tracks placed on the under
side Of bridge-like structure. An
overhead electrical conductor fur
nishes the current to the motors
which propel the truck. the operator
managing it in a manner similar to
that employed on trolley cars.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
ELIAS HowE.s LUCKY DREAM
How Inventor Found Point Which Had
Long Puzzled Him

How Inventor Found Point Which Had
Long Puzzled Him
Elias Howe. the inventor Of the sew
ing machine almost beggared himself
before he discovered where the eve Il
the needle should be placed 1t never
occurred TO him that it should be 10
Gated near the point, and he might
have failed altogether had it not been
for remarkable dream.
One night he dreamed that he was
making a sewing machine for a savage
king in strange country. as in his
actual waking experience, he was
rather perplexed about the needles
eye He thought the king gave him
twenty-five hours in which to com
plete q machine, and If not finished
II that time. death was TO be the pun
ishment
Howe worked and worked. and pux-
zLed and puzzled. and finally gave IL
up Then he thought that he was
taken out TO be beheaded On his way
70 execution he noticed that the war
rfors carried spears thzt were pierced
near the head Instantly came the
solution Of the difficulty, and Wills
the inventor was begging for time la
awOke.
1t was then o'clock IN the morn
ing Howe jumped cut Of bed. hur-
RED to his workshop. and by o'clock
needle with an eye at the point
had been rudely modelled After that
the rest was easy--New York News
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29

only that 4 mans excuses and inter-
perate modes Of living have made hFns
the victim OF his own capFiees.
Less TO the point Of definite Ifmfta-
ton however. aLother student CT
snthropolOgy has written.
The type Of civilization in which
the efficiency Of the community and Of
the individual is greatest; in which
there is the most harmonious action
between the body and the mind: the
greatest happiness Of the great NUM-
Yer; the least excessive expenditure
with the least Of IuxuriOuzness-th
will be the state Of civilization most
favorable to longevity"