The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 16, 1885, Page 9

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bervise 3 FS, & gee, asekS ie | “FF 882 s tT. zi. ia, 7 ee in: th, er te ft. D8 e@ 2. 74 u * a Ty alos : e Of Every Description and From WECENTS UP. ae Positively the citizens of Butler and surroun:d- ing country will find our store in the ~—hands of— MANTA CLAUS. Our stock of candies, toys, nuts and dolls we arriving and will be opened up in time for Caristmas, and before you buy, we want you to drop in and see our line of HOLIDAY GOOD Wo have spared neither time, money or troable in seleeting them that you might make roar children’s eyes and beart dance with iF on CHRISTMAS -:- MORNING. CANDIES! ‘the most t < n ort- eer ionen emulate stock aud largest xesort —o eee 5 Don’t stand back and wait until our fine “ne of torsand candies have beea picked over sailed. This investigation is extended to all, aed not one should mise the opportunity Next door taSam’t, Levy @ Ce.. east side of | | | | | | | | | | | Chas, Ende, | 5 a} STREET SI :NS. Peculiar Signs Seen 0y —How Chinar pon the Streets n Mark Their Goods, progress its ability to k nothing less t upon the bustling s : There have freaks of foshic stages of the marc matter of the and professions the fact that certain are to be found there : other matters of every: And yet while this modern in the upon houses th n appear along the sllowers um in any of the life. shows all the of si y matter all the are ey As an illust there are sev the likeness of 2 an which the hostelry t “Red Lion Inn, very English, and th lishment ninds one inns of which I glish novelists w Sagle Hotel” is anc although the bird statement, tel signs which bear There ix the name of which is ly of the old ul other E significance. signs upon ings about the There are suaall all of the of the modern middle-s: differenc eastern signs and those of the ost total bsence the the 5 inet or ss of firms i » of enterprise, so Denver are the most of th indicatio ess peo and busi- re of smaller signs which : ones. A grocer, dry goods dealer, an \ gener: » the mid smiles at sizms placed at sort of thing, upon the base of the show- windows, upon the doors, or on placards or on transparencies inside the windows, or upon the pavement in front of the establishment. Once in awhile a sign will appear black letters upon a white ground, or the reverse, but this is miost mploved in very | announcements placed up- on th roof, and distance. Asa rule gold prevails, und the myriad of signs placed upon almost every square foot of the L.rge buildings make a most glorious appearance of glitter when the sunlight or the electricity shines upon them. Ot peculiar signs there are many, and one of the most striking to the new- comer of three or four years ago was re- “lito tn for a long sn be s 5 of them all | any | » walls of buiidings close to the | name of Piven ater, | AMERICAN ment of c entin the l x appar individual . scovers nied or abridz or formal cond this amend. literature, ature, or by ther: 1c was to be. The only pictare of childhood in the poets drawn from real life is that of the country boy, while all the other Ee refere ide conception. wrote ofa out of acted his marvel! childhood precluded him from using ¢ eased forms. But since the day of these men the literature which is most repre- sentative of national life has been singu- larly devoid of reference to childhood. One notable exception emphasizes thi silence. Our nest social satirist has not spared his children. They found in company with the young American ous sympuatl 4 gi nd we feel the st of the lash which falls upon them. rain the silk fart is noticeable. 218 50 ‘ } neous th our great 2 und the best | of sso closely contined to land- scape, that it is a ore observable | how meagre is the show in our picture | galleries of any history of childhood. Now and then a portrait appears, the Seg | > large ceontly wiped out of existence. That was ine immense railroal map which covered ihe western wall of the Burling- toa block on Seventeenth street, and iracing the course of th: Burlington | route to the vast. The Wells-Fargo Express C has a sign gilded with letter: Chinese language, or so it is s be. There may be some & truthfulness of the legend imitations of Chim sometimes been mur and sim lar esteblel they added an os pearsnes of the rts decipheraiis by any resi his ow aioe An minusinyg idetence thing occurred some time azo. about the however, as ti have tea stores surt of An Amer- of that ican painter wae busily engaged in letter- ing in Chinese the front of a store. Ip frent of the artist were standing twe Chinamen, watching the operation laughing in giee. As each new character in the inscription appeared the Johns would shake their heads and ex- claim: “No! no!’ and burst into an ad- ditional fit of hilarity. The Chinese laundrymen all empioy very economical signs. They are usually black lettered upon white ground, al- though occasionally there sppears a white letter upon a sign of glowing red. Very seldom does a Chinese hierogly- phic appear, and when it does it is usual- ty upon a bit of red cardboard, and is intended as a@ communication to their! fellow countrymen. The mamen cater for the trade. pot of th: but of the white peop! English methods of eor only allegorical! ta the nad thi repos The oil ruws of tin plug the hat dealer use beck in the east are not seen hem, but in their place are } 1 tation jewels, and the lik guns, heys, saws, pistols Viees, are very commot number of them are sigus are the seme, but than in the eust.—-Derve- publican, gruit. 7 ve dee ne-he —_——> 0 ee A verification of the okl saying thst conscience siumbers on an empty stom ach and revives when it is full, come: from St. Louis. A young carpenter. hungry snd penniless, snatched a purse containing considerable money from lady, hunted up a restaurant, and stower away enough for three ordinary men. He gorged himself again in the evening and then obt sda bed. When he awoke conscience awoke, too, and pitched inte him so mercilessly that he could obtair no peace until he had given himself up and confessed bis crime. His story awakened sympsthy. and he was not only hot panished, but amply provided for. — while | hats which / arge gold hats, hats of transparent imi | Dogs, horses, snd similar de | more elaborate , . shild u f the ron, but Prists seek in the upen_ which me fo pictur 7 the oung most ous ine ity in childhood *h have ined to be conspicucus in our untry. Any one who has en com- pelled to roake the acquaintances of this terauture st have observed how very little parents and guardians figure in it, and how completely children’ are ed from their elders. books for the 1 re The most popu- young are those which represent boys and girls as secking their tortune, working out their schemes, driving railway trains and steamboats it may be, managing farms, or enguged in adventures which elicit all their uncom- mon heroism. ‘The same tendency is ex- | hibited in less exaggeruted form: child- ren in the schoolroom, or at play, form- ing clubs amongst themselves, having their views upon all conceivable subjects, torturing the English language without rebuke, opening correspondence with newspapers and mag Ss, starting newspapers and magazines of their own, setting up miniature socie this is the general spectacte to be observed in books for young people, and the parent or two, now and then visible, is as much in the background as the child was in earlier Hterature. All this is more or less 2 reflection of nal life, and as such has an aneon- vas value. [would not press its sige nee too far, but [think it points to “ct in soviety Hfe. This epher ture is symptomatic of a condition of things, rather than caus- ative. It has nut nearly so ouch influ. ences on young life as it is itself the nata- ral concomitant of a matadfustment of society, and the corrective will be foun: only asa healthier social condition &+ reached. The disintegration of the fauni- ; ly, through 2 feeble sense of the suezec } ness of marriage, is an evil which Ib not! to be remedied by any specitic of law a of literature, bet so long us it goes on if inevitably affects literature. I venture to make two modest sugges ons toward the ~olution of these large: | problems into the discussion of which | our subject has led me. One is for thos who are busy with the production of books for young peo: ‘onsider if it be not possible to report the activity and comradery of the young in clozerend more generotis association with the life of their elders. The spectacle of a healthy family life. in which children move freely and joyously, is not so rare 2s to make mnodiela hard ty be found, and one would doa at strvice to young America whe shoul bring back the wise mother aad k i | = father into juvenile literntare -- He-ac: xf an oeessional | 4. Seudder, tu D. cember Atiantee. ee Col. R. C. Clowry, General Superin- | tendent of the central division of the Western Union Telegraph Compsny, who has been elected Vice-President, director, and member of the Executive Committee of the company. has grown | up with the business. Thirty-ive vears | ago, when a sins! boy he sat on @ high | etme] manipulating the keys. Im those } days operstors read by paper run | | Boston Jc _ The ideal young people’s maz: ‘ rnal AS boys op the tastes of i for the past tw has always stood as it si of periodicals for boys and x warrant f{ its eacellence d ring the coming season. The editors annonnce following as among the LEADING FEATURES FOR 85-86 A Se : x Smoke! Smoke! first New * Bits of Talk fo H. This series form memorial of a ch Water! Water! ckton will contribuce several of his humorous and fanciful stories *Crill,?? By John P. True. story for boys The Boyhood of Shakespear, by Rosa Kings- ley. With illustrations by Alfred Par. y Short Stories by scoros of prominent wri including Susan Coolidge. H. H. Boyese Perry, T. A.Janvicr. W. Gladden, J. Miller, S. May, H Stoddard, HP, Spomfo Entertaining Sketche: Leland, H. E A capital ech AX WEINER’S Immense Stock Trustee’s Sale. Whereas, John T. Her Henshaw, his wife, by trust, bearing date Augu recorded in the State of Missouri, in conveyed to the undersigned trustee the follo ing described real estate, situate, lying and being in Bates county, Missouri, to-wit: The eo ees of the northeast quarter a the west halfof the northwest quarter of the | northeast quarter of se | township forty-one (41) o ining sixty acres m: er, for the followi haw and Mary M Tr certain deed of zsth, Is83, and duly of Bates county of n seventeen (17), nge thirty-two (52), | interest be not annually paid upon or less, in trust, then the whole of said note should at once be- B 0 0 c A N D y Hl 0 ES, urposes: In trust come due and payable, and the trustee therein | named might sell the land aforesaid; and where- | as, tbe annual interest on said note is long | past due and unpaid. Now, therefore, the | request of the legal holder of said note, and by the power and authority in me vested by the | terms of said deed of trust, I will, on Thursday, December 17, 1555, between the hours of nine o’clock in the fore- noon and five o’clock in the afternoon of that day, at the east front door of the court hoare in the city of Butler, county of Bates and State of Missouri, sell said real estate,or so much there of an may be necessary to pay said note. interest and costs of sale, at public vendue, to the highest bidder for cash in hand. Cc. C. DUK Having been damaged by the late fire, will placed on sale at Trustee’s Sale. Whereas Sarah A. Hice and Paul A. Rice her husband, by their deed of trust bearing date | April ath, 1584, and duly recorded in the r corder’s office of Bates county, Missogri. in Book No. 32, page 315, conveyed to the under- | signed trustee the following described real | estate lying, being situate in Bates county, Missouri, to-wit: The southwest arter of the southeast quarter of section fifteen (15), township thirty-nine (3%) of range thirty-one (31), containing forty acres more or le In trust however, for the following purpo. wit: In tr to secure the payment of o pen maanees note of even date with and in said jeed of trust described. And whereas it is pro- vided by the terms of said deed of trust that if t on said note be not promptl: the whole of said debt shail | ’, due and payable, and | whereas the annaal {nterest falling due on the | sth day of April 1435 is long past due and re- | maine unpai Now, therefore at the request of the legal holder of said note and by the au- | thority in me vested by the terms of said deed | of trust I will on Thursday, December gest, 1885. between the honrs ef mine o’clock in the fore- noon and five o’clock in the afternoon.of aust iB the city Bates county, Missouri. eell to the highest bidder forcash inghand, | the real estate in said deed of trust this notice described, creo meet ——— ne necessary to t, interest and costs. ad FP. M. ALLEN, Trustee. Greatly Reduced Pricas! I am determined to clese out my entire stock, and will make Oraer ot Publica: SPATE OF MISSOURI, ) ss Cocssy of Barms, $ : in the Circuit Court of Bates county, February | ntiff herein, by Gime me, PRICES SO LOW Mary E. James, plaintif, ¥ Henry T. James, defendant. petition and sfidavit, alleging, smong other | 9 | i Now at this ie vcomee the things, that defendant, Henry T. James, is not | a resident of the State of Missouri: whereu it is ordered by the court that said defendant | be notified by publication that ees has) eommenced 8 suit against him in this court, the | object and general nature of whieh is to obtain j a decree of divorce from the bonds of matrimo- ny heretofore contracted with said defendant om the grounds that at the date he solemni: tion of the marriage betwee ntif’ and H id defendant had a wife living bad not been divorced and that unless the said defendant Henry T. James be id appear at this as it the next term there- That it will induce you to ef to berg at the court house in the elty of Bui county, on the Grst day of Febru: and on or before the sixth di f said term, ifthe term shal! so long answer or plead tothe Pet: tion in said cause. the ssme will be tsken ss confessed, and judgement rendered according- iy. aed be it further ordered. that a copy hereof be published, arcording to law, in the Rrrie Times a weekly newspaper printed snd po fi Buy NO throught» tegiier aad deciphered the | 26 ee words from the Morse characters indent- | four weeks be.ore the first day of the next term ed upon per, instead af Ly | ef Cireuiteourt J.B. JENKINS fm AGE ae pitakins H Circuit Clerk se SS Ae PYOcent, = ae press ; A true copy from the Rerord. Teporis a ma: Was 9 bews- Witness my hand and the seal of the circait oe ; <a } Rates county, this znd day of F paper office to copy mor read |__ terat J coussor (peor | : é : : i the words. By the m = now | Dormer. ta avesnie” Tf you want anything in my line. Call and in nse one ope: ten or} twelve newspapers with at the me time. Col. Clowry hes been rac cessiv prometed to hi position, and dr : of the Southwest «© has ale~rs o ts mad graph Corepany. Wil he of grat ict -_————at 9 eee t { , Book and Double Tracing Wheel, see for yourselves. =o ee With Hasovan’s TatLom System you can cut Dresses to fit. without oral instructions. Dress makers pronounce it perfect. Price for System, rt wm? fer IN ¢ HODUTC ‘A System, Book snd Wheel will be sen; receipt of $1.0). Address HANOVER, Jour © CANCISNATI, O. - - Max Weiner. 4i-l

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