The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 20, 1886, Page 2

a) 1] au yl mi f | Battle Between a Snake and a Kat. The Visaha (Ca!.) Delta tells a story of a long and fierce combat be- | tween a rat anda garter snake. The | rat was cautious, tions, and at every opportunity | itor. Albert O. Allen, pounced on to the snake and drove its teeth through the scales. The | latter would coi! itself and dart at the rat, striking it squarely each time, and frequently knocking 1¢ up into the air or over on its back. But the rat would speedily regain its feet and renew the attack. At one time it grabbed the snake just below the head and held it tor some time, til the snake worked it returned the compliment by catchinz the rat by the neck and shaking it as a dog would have done. Mr. Rat then resorted to strategy and climbed into a short, thick weed growing 01 selt loose and the spot, whenever the snake would | strike at the ratfthe latter would quickly drop to the ground, while the snake’s head would pass through the branches of the weed giving the little tour-footed strategist an oppor tunity to grapple with 1, The fight lasted about three-quarters of hour, and resulted in a victory for the rat, which dragged the corpse of its opponent into its hole. Neither one ot the co nbatauts paid any at- tention to the large number of spec - tators. when his snakeship seen discretion the better and turned to retreat, lie was pushed back into the arena with a long stick, when both would tall to in dead earn- est. It was a hard won victory for the rat, and sympathy seemed to be tn his favor trom the first. an d to think He Wore Drawers and Socks. “I took part in the det-a'e on Tues detense of the hover ot day in the the body of which I am proud to be a member,” from Boodleville, Santa Sacca coun- ty, in a Kearney street barroom, the other evening. *Uhe statement that T, among others, was) claimed as a captive by the hard-cash lobby sheck ed me exceedingly—shocked me al most as much, indeed, as a little in cident that occurred at Sheep Carp | during the last campaign, hunting votes, and allowed it was a good scheme to play otf for a hardy I took a week's et son of toil myself. shooting in the mountain to ¢ } the necessary sunburn, hardness o hand, and dirt. Wearing my woolen shirt, slouch hat, and ragged pants, I struck Sheep Camp on Sunday,and mounting a barrel began a speech to the sheepmen, | was working my sunburn and dirt for all they were worth and declared myselt to be a working man trom Tolopolis. It all seemed to go down, too, and I was sailing away with their sympa thies and votes, when I telt a tug at my trouser’s leg. I looked duwn, anda grinning face looked up into mine. ‘Boys!’ cried the investigator, ‘get on to his striped socks.’ ‘The crowd pressed up, saw th tancy hose, and a hoarse murmur ran through the gang. . ‘Boys!’ yelled the tellow, giving another tug at my trousers, ‘I'm a greaser if the snoozer don’t drawers!" ‘Well, sir, I had life, when the returns came in on election day trom Sheep Camp weal and there wasn’t even one lone vote tor Reginald Sillerwins tor Senator."— San Francisco Post. aid that Miss Elizabeth was seen walk about on It Cleveland crutches a short time since, and many people have wondered what caused her muistortune. Perhaps the Sun can throw some light upon the mat- ter. Is The following is a quotation from: one of her recent works: ‘*The western horizon gapes with crimson wounds that drop their heavy ichor on icy spires and domes and redden city windows where the golden sun beats through—wounds that are not | staunched till Venus, throbbing great, and tender, rises to bind them up with love.’ Of course this 1s only a supposition, but nevertheless, one can readily see that the above | coming upon a person suddenly with- out any warning would cause tem- porary paralysis and te apt to leave but quick in its ac- | low townsman, Sam. Levy. Its ed On two or three occasions | tof valor | > | remarked the Senator | [ was out | to leg it tor my} Samuel Levy. The New Madrid, Mo., Record j ot October 2nd, contains the follow- ing complimentary notice of our ter | spent a cou | ple of weeks 1n our county recently, | with Gen. McCulloch, Rezis { interests’ Mr. Allen knows wher ot he speaks. He says: mel ‘All ot the old citizens of New Madrid county Old” |Sam Levy, the ‘cock of the walk" this remember fin the dry goods business at place who pulled stakes in 1876 and He Is nie year moyed to west Missouri. szbout 40 years old, but te : s ae | he was generally called “Old Sain” | to listinguish him frem his brother- in-law, **Young Sam.’” Iifis known to the peopie here, that Butler, | | I spent several weeks at | Bates county, sometime ago, and I am very frequently asked about how “Old’? Sam Levy is getting along. What is more disagreeable to a iady to Know that her hair has not only than h a t ily lost its color, but is full dandruff? Yet h was tl ith il [ used Parker’> H ris now black and perfec glossy.— | Mrs Swerny, Chicago. s.rm | (ME\DVEM TO THE CONSTITUTION oF THE ROPOSED RY THI Thirty-Third General As- sembly, to be Voted on at the General Elec- tion of 1886. CONSTILUTIGNAL —— Concurrent resoiution <ubmitung to the qual. fed vot-rs of tle State of Miss uri an amendment to the constitution reof concerning Revenue and Saxation, -ese- --— tes concurring therein: the Senate, Be it resolved by of Representat | I will try to tell. Time has dealt gently with “Old : about the only changes Sam,’’ and in him that I noticed was that he has | . grown tatter and balder, He is no ted in Bates county for his admiration ot the people of New Madrid county —ot whom he never gets tired of | While talking. [ was there he m- quired about every man, woman and child that he ever knew here. It is hardly necessary to teil his | old friends that be has prospered in | business, for we all remember that he had the energy of a steam engine | and a wonderfully keen business tact for using printer’s ink which would carrv nim through, on top, anywhere. | | He went to the town of Butler when don That a aay the Tu Mo: uri ll be submitted to the qualified voters of i state, to-wit Serctios 1. In levied for t by virtue of se tén of the constitution courts of the several authorized to poses, an additio not to excee fifteen cents on » hundred dollars ¥ ation, and the St. Louis is author evy for stre 34 idi tax, dollars of valuation herein allowed is te be levied and co! ye same as other nd subject unty and ing con ions as to n of property State or Missouri—ss eeretary of State ri, certify the foregoing omplete Copy of a rd lution passed mbly of tt oncarrent resolution ulified voters of the nt to the ¢ enue and q an amendin cernin Jit was a small place of less than | beautif 1,500, and now itis a city of about 4,000, streets lig , large y “Old Sam” kept He burned out once, but this oniy nerved | with electric | opera house, etc. jup with the procession. was him to harder efforts to He retail establishments in the business has one of the now eaviest State, outside of St. Louis and Kan | | sas City—dry goods, ing, boos] and shoes, millinery &c.—and has | ¢ sixteen persons employed in its vart | ous departments, clerks, book-keep- : | er, cashier, cash boy, and *Oid Sonn, ; always around su ) tending the business m all of its de- I was around the store a good tails. deal and T was impressed that ; Sam’s’ organized concern I ever saw. j store is the most taoroc He has been successtul in business | because he deserved success and had j money | Elis | business was comparatively small in enterprise to squander his aavertising in the newspapers. 1870, but he startled the old mer- \ ee Ji ‘Old ft In testimo: m se ¥ of State CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENIS—HOW SUBMITTED AND MADE KNOWN constitution of the state of M General Assembly sh » publishe laws of the ssion at wi ty on the r vsaid amendmen 3, p. 47 i onal mal Amend- such proposed constitn- Tamendments shall be taken by ballot, amendments shall be designated on Not by their respective numbers. If ne amendment has been proposed t shall have written or printed the | chants of Bates county with his (to them) reckless expenditure of money They sat by | coolly waiting tor him to break, but tor advertisements. }instead of breaking, he sold more {goods than any ot the old houses. | He kept up the racket, buying lots } and of goods, advertising se | them rapidly, and it wasn’t long tll j his was recognized as the leading j commercial house and 1 te in Bates county. ing so tar at liberty, (t y), to state that I looked over the books oi ond jtrom the local cern t the business now amounts to about $120,000 a year. He still } keeps the lead as advertiser, his j bills for about le $1,500 a year. | advertising being ‘Olid Sam’ owns a beautiful brick | residence in that thriving little city | besides other valuable real estate, lives like a Jord and entertains ir e!- }egant style. He is very popular jwith the people, Last Christmas ndy j and gave every Sunday school child jin Bates county (which has 40,000 | population,) a box of mice candy. On the day that he opened his spring goods, this year, about 4,000 people visited and inspected his stock. This was in one day, remember. ‘Old Sam’ talks of visiting his old friends at New Madrid, some time soon, and when he does, we'll meet him at the depot with the brass band.”’ ee aan tae earner vay Architect Edmond Legendre, 419 Sut- | ter street, San Francisco, Cai., states | that having sutfered tor a long time with | @ severe cough, and failing to obtaiu any reliet trom docters and the numerous | he ordered a wagon load of ¢ them ina crippled condition for a | P’¢Patatious he took, he beccme alarmed. few days at least.—Peck’s Sun. | ‘ Tried Red Cough Cure, and one bottle entirely cured him. words ‘Constitutional Amendment,’’ more than one a but if endment has been proposed, ch ballot shall have written or printed neTeon, the words Amendment,’? ‘Se ment,’’ and so on, or fave ‘*First Constitutional nd Con: utional Amend- designat i i »each amendment. All those voting in of any amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots.after such amendment, the word ‘‘Yes,’’ and all those voting against any mendment shall have written or printed after such amendment, the ws Iss, p. so. ion on sneh proposed con- amendments shall be condneted,and ns thereof made to the several county s and by them certified to the vided by Ts. — tary of law in the case of elec Aws ISsl, p. 89 uch returns so made to the 1 that th i id and b Sa part of the i {LS AND FEVERS, MALARIA, LIVER CO iPLAINT, KIDNEY TRoust ES, NEURALGIA AND RHEUMATISM. j? is In jt gives. NEW nies LIFE to the ghtiul to take, ciple, whole SYSTEM as a Medicine for me Mosc toe weak and Ailing ing the NERVES, ie ‘omen and Chil- and completely Di. ren. gesting the food, CONT AINns fo hurtful Minerals, is com- Selected Vi ble Medicines, combined skill: Book, ‘Volina,’ Atyleading = telling to treat dis- Process, on receipt of toc. and Grocers. 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