The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 7, 1887, Page 9

> —__.—____—. ee He has the Largest and most complete line of Holiday Goods ever brought to Bates County and the | a | ANNUAL rr ——————————— PRES ENTS 3 TO BE GIVEN BY To be Given His Customers GEO. W. WEAVER During the Holiday Season. ‘ people who visited his store last year, know that when he talks ab i it i : no humbug. His stock this year is double what it was last, and pb tao te op rcnept lor mea. The citizens of Butler and Bates county are cordially invited to be present at the opening on next Saturday evening at 7:30 and: examine more nice goods and lower prices than was ever seenin Butler before. come, old and young. Girls Jook out for presents offered for the nicest dress dolls. Fa ____ A TERRIBLE DEATH. Samuel Foster Dies of Hydrophobia in the Sedalia Hespita!. Heroic Work of a Loving Little Sister ot Charity. Mevede Mail. Roll Hughes, of Sedalia, who was in the city Thursday, told asad story- of the horrible death of Semuel J. Foster at the Missouri Pacific Hospi- tal in Sedalia Tuesday night. Fostor was fireman on the Mis- souri Pacific road and run from Neva da to Pleasant Hill. He was known to s number of our people, having made his home at the Grier House, opposite the Nevada Union Depot, for some months, He was sent to the Sedalia hospital and arrived at the hospital Tuesday morning st 11 o'clock, complaining of pains in his stomach, A few hours later he be- came frantic, going into spasms and showing evidence of hydrophobia. A large number of men had assembled on the outside, and as Foster paced his ward with clinched fists, raving like a demon, no man would volun. teer to goin and tie him. At this juncture a mildlittle Sister of Charity said she would pacify and tie Foster. The men told her not to endang# her life by such an act, and pleaded with her not to go. But she replied she could accomplish the act and with that entered the room. Foster made at her, with clinched fists, mut- tering and raving, but the little sister went on toward him and as she drew near to him she fastened her eyes upon him and kindly said: “You wouldn't hurt me!” His arms drop- ed to his side and she led him to the bed. He laid down and she sat down beside him. Then she said “you are about to go into another 6pasm, and it would be best to tie your hands.” He resisted but the Good sister insisted, and he laid one hand above the other and said: “Tie me.” He was bound fast to the bed, and » few moments later went into Spasms. Shortly after he wasattack- | its efficacy. | ies caused his death, ed with violent spasms and hisstrug- gles were pitiful to behold, He frothed at the mouth and several times came very near choking to death. Drs. Yancy and Adams at once began to give him woorara by | hypodermic injection. This is a South Americs remedy, obtained on the Upper Amazon and Oronoco, and also in British Guina. It is used by the South American Indians to poison their arrows to be used in battle and also in killing game. It is known as an anti-spasmodic of greater power perhaps than any oth. er drug in materia medica, This remedy had been ordered for Jas. P. Cody, who died in the hospital from hydrophobia during the summer, but it came to late. The doctors used the remedy with vigor, giving one thirtieth of » grain every half hour or #0, but seemingly without effect. A large number of the lead- ing physicians of the city were pres- ent at the bedside of the unfortunate man, After a thorough trial of the woorara it was advised by all that a dose of morphine be administered hypodermically. This was done, and after twenty or thirty minutes Fos ter_began to show the effects, be coming quieter. Although he did not sleep, yet his spasms were less | frequent and not so hard, and at 7:25 ! p.m. he died. He was about 32 years old and was well liked by bis associate. He denied being bitten by a dog or any other rabid animal, but the doctors all agree that the rab | What Am I to Dot The sym: toms of billivusness are un- | happily but too well known. ‘They diff- er in different individuals to some extent. | A billious man is seidom a breakfast eat- | er. Too frequently, alias, he has an ex- cellent appetite tor liquors but none tor | solids of a morning His tongue will | hardly bear inspection atany time; if | it 18 not white and furred, st is rough, at | all events. | The digressive system is wholiy out of | order and diarrhea or Constipation may | bea sym tom or the two raay alternate. There are otten Hemorrhoids o1 even | loss of blood. There may be giddiness | and often headache and acidity or flatu- | lence and tenderness in the pit of the stomach. To correct all thisif not es- tect acnre try Green’- August Flower, it cost but a trifle and thousands attest 4ulyr. €ow. Also get a beautiful picture card. Don’t fail to. GEO. w. WEAVER. : PRECIOUS STONES. Slow the Genuine and Underiald Gome Are Cut and Set. Crystalline gems, like diamond and topas, are generally cut in such s manner as to have fist, smooth faces. Precious stones that decompose light, snd thus produce a play of colors, are polished in such a way a8 to heighten this effect as much as, possible, which is sccomplished by making s large number of small facets. The brilliant is an example. Precious stones that do not crystal- lize, and are distinguished by play of colors, like the opal, or peculiar effects of light, like the cat's-eye, are usually polished round or oval, like a loaf of bread or a half of an egg. Gems are set in two different ways, distinguished as = free setting an band setting. In the former the stone {s exposed on all sides and only h-ld by little clasps. All its properties, its fire, its play of colors, show to the best advantage here. way. Flat stones that are set in rings are sometimes fastened on the edge, so as | to leave only the top and bottom esur- | faces exposed. In the band setting the stone forms the lid of a gold bex, | and if the gem is transparent the up- per surface is generally made flat and smooth, while the under side forms a | low pyramid. In those stones which receive s band or box seiting, and are less valuable, the beauty of the stone is increased by lining the box with colored tinfoil, the color of the foil corresponding to that of the stone. Thus, for example, 8 plece of dark-yellow foil is placed un- der a very pale topaz, a deep purple foil under a pale amethyst, and so on, so that the light reflected from be- neath through the stone will have a | deep yellow or volet color, giving the | stone amuch finer appearance than if | it were set free. When setting common [stones in cheap goods, they do not take the trouble to line the box with tinfoil, bat merely give it a coat of some cul- ored varnish. This method is not one to be recommended, has the foil beneath it louks much handsomer. In order to make acherp article with genuine stones, the following in- genious device is resorted ts: Thin slips of some gem, ase nerall, for ex- ample, are backed up with a glass of exactly the same color. sand the giass likewise polish-d. By setting one of these double stones with the stone outwar.l and the glass beneath, | the surface will, of course, exhibit sti the properties of the gem, such as hardness and brilliancy. Hence very valu | able stones sre never set in any other ' °P' for a sone that | These half-gennine stones are known as “undealaid gems." When they are skillfully set, it is difficult even for the | expert to distinguish them from per- , fectly genuine stones. But, still, it is | easy to distinguish thom by holding the s‘one before the eye in such s man- | ner that the light reflected from the | top ent-rs the eye at ax oblige angle. The surface where the stone and giass meet can be distinctly recognised by the difference in the refractive power of the two media, having the appear- anee of s crack or flaw in the stone The public are frequently deceived by dealers who represent these underiaid atones a« being perfectly genaine — Golden Days. —_— THE GREAT UNIVERSE. d | Its Unthinkable Vastness Too Overwheim- ing for Comprehensten. It is certainly true that a contem- plation of the unthinkable vastness of the universe, in the midst of which we dwell upon 2 speck illuminated by a spark, is calculated to make all ; terrestrial affairs appear contemptibly insignificant. We can not wonder that men for ages regarded the earth as the center, and the heavens with their lights as tributary to it, for to have thought otherwise, in those times, would have Leen to see things from th: point of s superior intelligence. Ic has taken a vast amount of experience and | know edge to convince men of the par- vitude of themselves and their belong- | ings. So, in all ages they have ap- plied a terrestrial measure to the uni- | vers+, and imagined they could behold ! homan affairs reflected in the heavens and human interests setting the gods | together by the ears. This is clearly shown in the story of the consteilatio:s. The tremendous | truth that on a starry night we look. in every direction, into an almost end- less vis a of suns beyond suns and systems upon systems, was to» overe | whelming for co uprehension by the inventors of the constellations. So they amnsed themselves, like imagin- ative children, as they were, by tracing the outlines of men an beasts formed by those pretty lights, the stars. They turned the starry heav- ens into a scroll filled with picture stories of mythology. constellations are particalarly inter- | esting on this account. Thy preserve | in the stars, more lasting than parch- ment or stone, one of the oldest aud most pleasing of all the romantic at rics tla h ve amused and insp red | the minds of men—the story of Perseus and Avlromeda—a better story than any that modern novelists have in- vented. —Garrett P. Serviss, in Popu- lar Science Monthly. | ) Four of the | 1 THE PERENNIAL PEACH. | An Blactic Bulb Which Merits the Atten- tion of Base-Ball Players. I don’t know enongh about conkery to tost a picce of bread, but the close of the summer, the height of peach time and the nnfolding ef the lecture season remind me of some peaches 1 have pecked atin years gone by and expect te peck at again this winter. 1 can not state positively that they are the same peaches, and yet J know that they may be. There is a way of “put- ting up” » peach—if that ie the proper term—so that it can never be put down by mortal man. You have seen the beggar, as I have? Ho has boon passed to you atten. A great big round peach, fair to look upon; an island in a little pond of spicy juice. Well, = spoon goes with this peach. You take the spoon and in an off hand way strive to make an indentation in the sido of the peach with it. That cat won't fight, 60 you strike the peach smartly. and the spoon rebounds lightly. You Jet on that was what you expected it to do, and eat s few spoonfulls of the juice, with the air of a man who is eating peach. Some- times a desperate man will crowd the peach up against the side of the plate and assay to harpoon it with s fork But the peach, cased securcly in its thrice toughened tonghress, like the seven-fo'd shield of Ajax. repels the forceful javelin and disappoints th blow. And favored indeed of the gods is he who strikes, if that th elastic peach jump not with dull re- sounding thud to kiss the floor. 1 have often wondered what that man- ner of peach tasted like, but have | never been able to bite one, fearing the critical eyes of the company and the weary glaces of the ever watchful hostess. Aud Ihave often wondered ff the same peach, well saved and oft reserved with new rations of juice, would not last for many years. would like to find out just how it is prepared, for there would be great money in the discovery. An elastic | | yet perfectly indestructible base-ball. jis yet to be invented. —Burdetle, m | Brooklyn Lagle. _ PO There Were Two of Them. “Hello! What's this?” cried Bill, as he bolted up in bed and lovked into the muzzle of a revolver.” “Your money or your life!” called out a hoarse voice. “What! you would not rob me, would you?’ quoth Bill “1 would.” “Yon do not know who I am." con- tinned Bill, ‘“f am a coal dealer. Honor among—"’ But the robber had fled with a baffled cry of rage.—The Barth. } | all blame. eae a. A WIFE-BEATER’S INDIR BCP CRIME. His Enraged Son Shoots at Him Bad . Slays the Mother. is Columbia, 8. C., Dee. 2—Free ” Edwards, » farmer of Darlingtes county, was punishing 2 child for@ trivial offense when his wife remon-_ stated in the child’s behalf. A quar rel ensued and Edwards knocked his wife down and beat and choked her unmercifully. While doing so his son John, aged about 18 years, im- terfered and begged his father to de- . sist. Edwards threw an axe st his son, barely missing him, and pre- ceeded with the brutal punishment of his wife. The son ran into the house and grabbed » gan loade@ with slugs and scraps of iron far the purpose of shooting bawks aad commanded his father to desw6 from choking his mother. A deugh- ter was at the time also interfering in behalf of her mother. Edwards paid no heed to the threat and his son fired. Father, mother and daughter fell, each having received @ © part of the contents of the gun the region of the bowels. The mot er died in balf an hour afterward. The daughter is so dangerously wounded that there is little hope of her recovery, The father was only: slightly wounded. Before she died | the mother exhonorated her son from: He is now in jail. The Nevada Mail says an order was issued from the headquarters of | the Missouri Pacificsystem last prohibiting the employes on the dif- | ferent lines of that system from wé- | ing intoxicating liquors, frequenting; saloons or smoking while on di under a penalty of a summary di charge from the employ of the ¢ pany, The superintendents are pecially charged with the enfore ment of the order, copies of whi have been printed on large sheets card board and posted on the pany’s buildings at every station © the system.