The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26
PASSING OF THE DAIRY MAID.
Experts Solve Problem of Milking
Cows by Machinery.
Careers OF Two Newspaper Men Ran
Aloag Parallel Iines-Left Handed
SenatOrs-Leslie M. Shaw an Avow-
I'll Candidate for the Presidency.

washington, FeDruaTy 1b.-ll lie
successful experiments lately conduct
ed by the agricultural department arc
taken up by the farmers and dairy men
Of the country and put into practical
operation, the picturesque dairy maid
will be a thing of the past and al the
romano and poetry of life down on
the farm Will become nothing brn :
blissful memory Of happy days that
are gone.
The experts of the department. who
are never happy unless investigating
something, have been devOting much
of their time lately t the solution OF
the problem Of the application Of labor
saving machinery in the milking of
cows. AND these experts seem to have
solved the problem, at least to Their
Own satisfaction. The department has
just issued a bulletin, prOfusely illus
trated bearing upon this subject. It'll
deals with the foot-pOWer mixer and
he power mixer, gives practical ao-I
vice regarding these appliances ans
shows how they lead to a reduction In
the cost Of operating daiTies, tend to
cleanliness and are harbingers of that
period of industrial activity in the milk |
business where the Gairyman is bound ,
to become more and more independent
Some idea of the cost Of an equip |
ment may be gained from the state
ment that an outfit sufficient to mi.KI
a herd OF cows 40 head, including y
two horse power gasoline engine, is putI
at $516. This cOntemplatcs four milk.
ing machines at a cost of SIS each
One good careful man OF woman, it IS
said, a operate four machines, milk
ing eight COWS simultaneously, and an
additional hand can not only carr,
away the milk, but assist in the work
of milking. The operating expenses of
the machines is put at a nominal sum.
the power used may be either steam,
electricity or gasoline.
In 1878, DR.. Richard Bartholdt, the
present representative in congress from
st. Louis, was a reporter in RrsA,1;yn.
New York, on the Free Press, a Ger
man daily. Joseph G. Hendricks was
a reporter at the same time on the
New York Sun and the two young men
became fast friends. Eventually Mr..
B~arthOldt went to St. Louis and con-
ihued his newspaper work, finally be-
coming the editor Of one Of the in-l
Huential journals there. While in ST..
Louis he lost track of Hendricks Ell
tirely.
In 1893 Mr.. Bartholdt was elected tol
cn~~ox~A OVID Clo,,oIo-l o.1Ica Hz.t
congress in extraordinary session to
repeal the Sherman silver p~urchasingI
ACT In the lottery for seats, Mr.. Bar
thOldt, his name having been called, |
was wandering about the hall kokingl
for a desk when he happened to esp,
his old r~epm-torial friend, Hendricks,
doing the same thing he was-looking|
for a seat After they had recovered
from their mutual surprise and OBJ
their seats the two new mem
bers OF the house began to compare
notes. Hendricks. 1t appeared had
been elected to the school board and
ultimately became the president OF the
From h a position he had been
sent TO congress. Bartholdt, too, mad
@ elected a member Of the school,
board in st. Louis and his servicesl
were SO much thought Of that he, 100 {
han bee made the boards president. {
FOLLOWING his term as the head of edu- {
oat1onal affairs Of his city, DR.. Bart t
lo%1t was sent to e Y
And there" said Mr.. B%arthoIdt as t
ae related this story a few days ago
Inc parallel ends. Mr.. Hendricks LETT g
ongress to take the presidency OF +
zig trust company in New York at a C
alary of $4,000 a year. Poor fellow, L
e is dead now. I'm still here In con c
Tess and I should rather be here" f
1T. Bartholdt continued with a smile t
as a live congressman with a salary Il
l 10000 than be a dead bank presl- il
ent" DR.. Bartholdt's smile Of salts I
action ~brOadened as he recalled the o
1ct that after March 4, next his salary ST
oald be $500 a year. h
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina. a
major Simmons, CT North Carolina. "
Senator Hopkins, of Illinois, al. II
Il lett handed and yet each Of these s.
2nators Is able to write with his right s.
senator Daniel, OF Virginia Is 81
am~bidextrous. and writes, pl
lth equal facility with his right or &c
1t hand. 1t affords the g Of the or
nate much amusement to watch the ar
from Virginia as he pens ms ur
in their autograph books. First 81.
} will use one hand and then the WI
hand in writing his name and sc
@ signatures cannot be distinguished 80
'cording to the hand with which thcy I'll
ere written. Autographs, by the way, he
e the natural prize of the senate Il
.ge. No one Knows how many BOOKS II;
these signatures these enterprlsing VI
Jung men fill in a session. What be- en-
les " All u til ~ i: "ne OF nc sem at
mysteries. It may b. that the