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ime Tzbie SouTHERN BRANCH. ~weton & era as follows : leave Butler daily GOING NORTH. € | fexas Express (daily) ---- & Texas Ex co Fr Accommodatio k.C.& Accomn modation Fre Louis and all points section for * 201 ) California and ail points west a "Ieest. Forratesand ¢ applv to E. K. Carnes, PY MGChetes ASONIL. Miami js Arch Masons, ynd Thursday in No. 76, meets seconc t month. : Gouley ommandery Kn meets the first Tuesday in ed 1.0. each Templar month, . FELLOWS. Bates Lodge No. 180 meets every Mon- day right. Butler Encampment No Seiehe and and ath Wednesdays in eac h mien h HOMAS J. SMITH, Attorney t tawButler Mo. Will practice in the courts of Kates and adjoining counties. | S. FRANCISCO. Se RANCISCO BROS. Law, Butler, Mo., the courts of Bates FRANCISCO Attos will and practice in adjoining counties. Prompt attention given to coi- iections. Office over Wright & Glorius’ hardware store. 29 ARKINSON & ABERNATHY, At- torneys at Law, Butler, Mo. Offi west side of the square HENRY, Attorney at Law, I A, Mo Will attend to cases court of record in Missouri al collecting business. utler, n any y»and dog ner- V. BROWN, Notary Je ler Mo. Public B Will draw and acknowledg. deeds, contracts, leases and al! papers re- quiring the acknowledgment or yurat ot an otlicer. HOOT IR ua. L, RICE, M. D., cian and Surgeon Eclectic Phvsi- Allcalis prompt- E lyattended to. Office up stairs over Crumly’s Drug Store. J. M.curisty, W.H. Batrarp, Rs. CHRISTY & BALLARD, Ho- moeopathic Physicians and Surgeons Office, tront room over P. All calls answered at oflice day or aieKe Tele- phone communication to all parts of the tity. Specialattention given to temale diseases. C. BOULWARE, Physici ian and e Surgeon. Office apis “side square, Butler, Mo. Diseases of women and chil- fen a specialty.) F. RENI-K, M. D., Physician, Sur- e geon and Obstitrician. side square, over Levy's store. corner Main and Ft. Scott streete Butler Academy. Will open for its eleventh year on SEPTEMBER, 8th, 1884. A large new brick building will be erected this summer which will afford tacihties tar superior to anything before enjoyed by its patrons. Thorough work, b experienced Cops of Teachers. ample facilities in Classical, scientific or Normal studies and a healthful location are some of the attractions offered to those desiring an education. For particulars, address J. M, NAYLOR, 34-3m Butler, Bates county, Mo- AND I LEVELER, t Sale at ti f{srange Store BSRIDGEFORD & HUPP. ental House md Rugev Ww ors SPEC IALTY at] direct con- | The Mistake of M MARK TWAIN’S BOYHOOD. t| An Interview With Mrs. Jane Clem- Moses ens. Mother of the Famous mistake ¢ GRANDMOTHER to abuse ow that he i< talk Humorisr. Used herbe in doctoring the fam Cees a simple remedies pip CU 4 ; MS e 10st cases. With ; fat fe aia are medicel science vw f « t ears 1 i and yet the tendency of t a aby neglect the best ofall remeaies f 1 s red powerful medicines that seriot B jure the syatem. Pa vy yea! i ISH ER’S ca ie : ; nin L their wives and hittle = = (34 gained splendid victories, emanci- ror, pating, organizing and giving ther « | laws which have stood e scrutiny | Se & BiTTERS: i test an thirty centu- | wh is s combination of value and »w torm the basis] sition whkict tul ee ereeuaes from the forz } } 4 regular Physician, who t 5 ¢ government under which we] ant exnenences, in the produ ) scription largely in his pr e practice H it a 1 with great success. It is not a c sc : ft would be] probably t 2 medicine used by many p . } 4% It is invaluable for D¥. interesting t Cur a an osuch as portrayal ¢ AEDNEY and LIVER COMVLA! - : NERVOUS EXBAUSTION, Wii Jwas Moses. © mistakes of alto the wor S, INDIGESTION, &¢.; anc : ' = : curing will not hurt the system. | colons t Shose orailitarv [Tr. Mr. Orie i Mr. C. J. Rhodes, a well-known iren | x): uw fires single en-la very quiet and secluded hfe, be | ee Safe Harbor, Pa., writes: | AS 4 ee eee ee “My son was completely prostrated by fever and 1g ‘ ts worsted h given t literary yursul n Quinine aon = + aid ine ale given to literary pursuits in} sent for Mishler's H on ind taken priser ba 0 andj, he es -ace- | ze oe iat ee it * nd tak . « bov. and} which he is assisted bv his erace- | E. A. Schellentrager, Druggis* Noch liaieedagel ¢, resigned his Com- Ft rul and accc lished wite Thev | St. Clair Street, Cleveland, 0., writ | mission fturned his attention tol 4 AG “Your Bitters, ¥ can | Pturned t t ave no children. | aeribed by sonu : ; . “S physicians in coe ety “the mistakes of Moses. Quite Wit Mr Cle pens’ i MISHLER HERS BITTERS ©, | interesting ‘But he overturned the d } a pa me ie hceadits be §& . f age } 525 Commerce 8S! , Ph | Bible?’ Did he jadecd> Hl Ea ocr Sale ys —_ ible. id he indeed? oung : Parker's Pleasant We ¢ ee ae uta e writer, being strand: | 2 We have lived a con h H nes few hours, { siderabl ng Boel et | ani How Watch Cases are Made. Te pat ; | { ela j Most persons have an ambition to carry : | cons Most persons h ambition to carry ew years easy ic ? ; : We . mwwed, received id yet few people kn: : — i the B - an it a | . 2 kK that nce in the qt ed : ae | cer g her most -t Gotp Waren € as heen shape ct cube, new to iS s for en it as you \ tisalways ‘tnght e proportion of the side up wott » | _ a = Ae and Hol : a Bide : j ‘Sam was always a good hearted an ld en when we read history begin- | , : eee ote Hans e, and & A Ne ves ees | bov. Said Mrs. Clemens, **but he : yack at the time of Clesus e rn Was a@ very wile ana mischievious . and there trace the history ; Tes a ,{ one, and do what we would we ible overtuners down to the | : : a 3 é 3 j could never make him go to schoo!, anently | present, we find the work of every | Tis é " ilo hi 1 REE és } Tinis used to trouble his father anc lone The perfeetwatch | one ot them has come to naught; ; ; reas BGLRGi : i me dreadfully. and we were con zi ~ and judging the tutnre by a knowl- ee A : thet will y the gold is | i j vinced that he would never amount lei ‘ fe sciiplished by edge of the past the works of such i pe ‘ de i 1 accomphisned by Bee ‘ to as much in the world as his broth the Jr h Cuz ad }men will always come to naug : ; ADE SMA ¥, eee s ers, becuuse Ne was not near so whic ihe WA & 8 There are more Bibles in the world ai i : ater Pe ae i z 3 steady and sober-minded as they fess wold, wud incemasts the sonmpiTy and | to-day, read and believed in by mere = me GT and at the same ti | - oe were. ae a 2 ancatthesame time | 5eople, than ever before since the reduces tt st A “1 suppos r Nemens at world was begun, and the number I suppose, Mrs. Clemens, that your son in his boyhood days some arap te Reyetone Watch Cane Factories, Phila co lreme illw-trated Pamphlet chewing hew is increasing more rapidly. Tt might not be amiss for objectors what resembled his own *Tom Saw- Fis tome Walek Cares are made, ‘ : yer.’ and that a fellow teeling 1s what made him so kind to the many hair breadth escapades of that celebrated to be a little less open-mouthed and ther if for no other rea- Ts be comtinnet r less positive in asservations j ; about the Bible: son than that of concealing theirown St. Louis Christian Ad- youth.’” “Ah, no. with a merry twinkte in her eye, ‘the was more like ‘Huckelberry Finn,’ | ignorance.-— * replied the old lady, vocate. Taken at His Wera. than ‘Tom Sawyer., Otten his : 2 = - tather would start him off to school, When General Sherman’s army i and ina little while would follow was at Goldsboro, N. C., General Sherman made a visit to to the head | quarters of General Howard. While | there General Sherman felt the need to ascertain his whereabouts There was a large stump on the way him to the school house, and Sam would : take his position behind that, and as ot a small! draught of whisky to drive P ‘ i 4 . | his father went past would gradually off the malarial effects of the cli . P ae : circle around it im such a way as to « cating s, nor at sand: "Yes er, I He repeated the worc th my haad and Sc ! . ond | Ve he promise Bats as a good wite w w i ring | back Was c tos vay i t ght He { ay eee Hi so atter Sa tithe riv Hi was “ ¢ explosion and killed I de idy gave jas sina iZ Voie ed with u recovered her “ serenity ot expression and told m more incident i re entertann , IN stores ot the then embryo bua onst, of Which my memory is not sufficiently accurate to enabie me to e¢. though avs remam moo ble photog: tasthe we ad Was and is . othe evicently. is, and whose strong good seus j wise Counci his vouth undoubiedty has contributed largely to his success. Mrs. Clemens, aside from a deat ness, Which necessitates t use of an ear trumpet, is weil prese i sprightly tor her years, | “Mark Twain’ inherited bum | or and the talents which have made | ND famous trom his mother,” state | the youn Mrs. Clee “He 6 all ‘Lampton,’ and rese rts] strong'y in person as inmind. ‘Tom | Sawyer’s ‘Aunt Poilys’ and) Mrs Hawkins, in ‘Gildage Ave,’ are d rect portre Of his mother.’ Mrs. Clemens was Miss Jan Lampton before her marriage, aad was a native of Kentucky. M Clemens was of the F. F. ginia. V's, of t accumulate They did property, and the father lett the ta ily at death his nothing but, om **Mark’s’? own words, a sumptous stock of pride and a good old name,” which, it will be allowed, has prov ed, in this case, a sufficient inherit ance. To any body who fae disease ot throat or lungs, we will send proot that Piso’ Cure tor Consumption has cured the same complaints in other cases. Address 44 E.T. Hazertinge, Warren. Pa. NO SURPRISE Thn Government Eudorses ‘Ihe Ameriean BATES COUNTY National Bank, T'LER, MO u Oldest Bank in the County. Capital paid in, - - $ 75.000 Surplus - - - + $27,000 sarge Vault, B urglar-Proof Safe with Time Lock rand exe receive deposits &c., DIRECTORS. j.C. Clark, fion. ) B. Newbesry I. N. Mains, am, J. P. Edwards, . W. J. Bard, Dr. D. D. Wood, J. M. Patty, Geo. W. Mier F. Coleman Smith. F. J. Tygard. OFFICERS. LEWIS CHENEY - .- President J.C.CLARK - - - ~ Vice President 1. TYGARD - - - Cashier SUTLER NATIONAL BANK, Se, Sonne louse Block, pera BUTLER, MO. Cash Capital and Surplus, $57,850. JOHN H. SULLENS.. + President Pr. W. CHIL S,. Vice Presid Wm.E. WALTON,.. . Cashier ‘> €, DORE, Ase’t Cashier, DON KINNEY.....Clerk and Collectoe DIRECTORS. Dr. T.C. Boulware, R, D. Williams. H. Sullens, Booker Powell, Green W. Waltag, Dr. N, L, Whipp A. L, McBride, T, W, Childs, Frank Votis, Wo, E, Walton, C, H, Dutene, J. Rue Jenkins. OTHER STOCK HOLDERS: G, B, Hickman, C. Duke, fohn Deerwester, O. Spencer, John B. Ellis, J, R, Estill, , Q. Dutcher, J, 1, McKee, Henry Donovan, A, H, Humphrey Large Fire and Burglar Proof Safe with time lock. Receives deposits subject to check at sight, Loans money buys and sells es hange and does a seneral Banking bus ness Your business is respecttully solicited Agriculturist| F |NE SUITS. | mate on his system. Now, all the : = 2 Z af : keep out of sight. Finally his father : | officers ot the army knew of General ‘. From the tenth cencus, vol. 8, just pub Howard’s rigid temperance pro- and the teacher both said it was of | lised. “The American ‘Agricultnrist i fe a : no use to try to teach Sam anything, | especially wouthy ot mention, because o: clivities, and were strict in their re- t ie 1 me the remarkable success that has attended CS > pecause he was determined not to] the unique and untiring efforts of its pro spect of them. General Sherman : ae e coe ; spect of them general Sherma learn. ButI never gave up. He | prietors to increase and exjend its circu Grocery House knew there was no whisky in Gen- : lation: Its contents are duplicated every : was always a great boy for history, Be Seated. whieh alt | eral Howard’s quarters, and, there = ‘ Z 3 ee ee woh il fined GABE NCH NB ACCES and could never get tired ot that kind | circulates widely. | 5 e t s oO 5 = .. . : ee as ot reading, but he hadn’t any uve tor This tribute is a pleasing incident in C nN N K |General Howard. Presently Dr. ee Da ee teen ia Pate EOE the marvelous nearly s C juUseS 2 aks. J e - | John Moore, the medical director, 5 f 7” ; 4 iJ cae af li bitaaeae “It must have been a great trial to ALF ACEN URY CARUFE a fee raat aa aaa asec Ado tr ot this recognized leadiag Agricultural At the pop! sation General Sherman gave him eee TE a aent Journal ot the world. notre! : z ndeed It was,’’ rejoined the zea Sead , 5 stand on the hast si. 3: tae 'the wink and said: ‘*Doctor, have ‘ = : } Bee WHAT IT 1S TO-DAY i say . mother, ‘‘and when Sem’s father Z ? square. are leading the vou a seiditz powder in your quar— é BS - = avo the American Agri ' q A g a es “hee aw eae: : died, which occurred when Sam was te ed upon a new year ot pro: GROCERY TRADE IN jters? The doctor answered that : then a dito daydt is far euperice ts ann i a Ir years of hen to-day far su or t sa" BUTLER. , he had. General Howard spoke up ‘ ie r periodical ever produced in th - gi: ' 2 Ri : ever, was > MAKE 2 Rich te Their stock 15 composes of and said: ‘*Genera! Sherman, it 1s Peau ee ov and | aileeecsth seat Fas ee editor , “ net necessary to go to the docter’s 1 7 ed on finer p r, and presenting in ev Feed Flour and the best i et took him | ory Gest Got Rinna ead ory ee lenty of 5 z Z ery issue 100 ¢ of original reading . e Te 2 ENG Pp et ee m into | matter, trom th lest writers, and near quality of Staple and powdere here, and good ones too; ee oat | I Nustr Dr. George Thur- Was an n I t 2 fs o = eee ee eS “ 3 rly a quarter of a centurs Fancy Groceries, 1 will get poe one. If there wa Cor ine Anes Sericatie Glass, Queensware and Cvtiers. | anything in General Howard's ist Harris, Byron D. Halst AREY ARE ar quarters that General man did pee - ee - Andre oe Pulle aio not want, it was a sh witht er writ LESS EXPE land therefore he sax 5 Agriculturist w H 1 N oor 1 T | their posts. oward: ‘‘Never mind, general. 1 | Gre ceding Ee Bae t { WHAT, FREE ? was then getting the powder and tapi a Shei ae f water ready. ‘'I me ' Moore’s quarters : Goods & Y do | promptly. Dr. Moore Was L| uate a Chas. 5 af- | rican Agriculturist Family € ae a the General $ au way, : 0 Genera my quarters, PASOPLUG be hs "EOP ACe SED e toa im WANTED : Corsets. Sa: com ory Siven, $2: Address DR. SCOTT,S42 roadway St.,N.Y- J DR scott's AGER ‘asked joo Pages and c ailing ium list P New In every style price and quality Made to Order I guaranteed a fitin every cas Call and see me, south room grange store. JE TALBOTT Merchant Tai 47 ty. SOMNSON’S ‘Commercial College! 421 N. 3d St., Open All ‘the Weaz! es of an Fe — and t. Louis, Mo. Teacher's Course fpr re to Learnand Teadp Business and Ornamental Penman ship, etc. Refers to thousands ot former ste- gricult- ; York. dents who have completed under @& instructious. | gerA Full Corps of Experren€@d Protessors. Specimens 9 tw Write for Circulars, anship and Catalogue of § and References. Address: ening J.W. neon, PRESD Pw. a SEWARD A. HASELT howe PATENT SOLICITOR & ATT'Y A ATL ere at Washington, D.C) eomned: S tagnires aaswersd [ree aad pro: PATEN De Sprin sain at Wi >So ange aan aang