The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 12, 1888, Page 5

A MEXICAN FRAUD. seheme Exposed and his Prosecu- tion Expected. morning gives an account of a! by which a uumber of farm- jn that vicinity have been de- Jed in amounts varying from | oto $400 by a Kansas City firm | doctors. The scheme is io visit | mer, amember of whose family | wictéd with some disease of long Loding and enter into a contract | lect a cure for a certain sum, on | po-cure-no-pay plan. A contract this effect is drawn up and sign- put the smooth tongued physi- | gs explains that he must have some ntee that he will get his money, | {the honest granger is talked in- giving him his note for the amount | mable at some time during which | cure is to be effected. The doc- Buy explains that by virtue of the atract the note is worthless unless are is effected. The doctor takes noteand the farmer the contract. | ime note is sold as soon as possible | » some innocent purchaser. The | orsends the patient medicine, Butit does not appear that it ever Mefectsa cure, and the farmer is sur-| ised to see the note turn up for | payment. The doctor referred to in the dis- | ch has an office or “health insti- Bute’ ina prominent building. On iscircular there is a cut of the inilding labeled, ‘‘Medical Dispensa- in.” It is said that he has been City in speaking of the mat- said: “He isaregular graduate dhas been working the scheme eral men working for him. He the thing down so fine that I Pink he would scarcely be held un- the law, but I know that at sev- other places where his victims started to prosecute him he returned the amount of the uld sell the notes at par but as he ame known he could not get so ach and I understand he now dif s ofthem at 25 cents on the ” dollar. The scheme seems to have been been complained of by many Kansas papers. The Wamego victims have tubbed together and secured legal ‘[npresentation in Kansas City and iatend to prosecute.—K. C. Star. Washington, Dec. 10.—George W. Janison, of Parisville, Pa., beeame insane on account of the death of his ‘|rifelast summer. He sought the ministers to ascertain why God Jihould so afflict him. Being unsat {isied by their answers he came here md persistently sought an interview | Nith the president to ask him the | course } and musty orking his scheme for two years. | eof the leading physicians of | along time, and he generally has | 0 When he first started in he | foperated very extensively, and has | fame question. He has been arrest- dand taken home. Asmall man with a long tailed Overcoat on, affects an importance not his due. MOISTURE !N HOUSES. How Thousands of Dollars Worth of Wal} Papers, Ete., Are Ruined. It is stated that the sudden change of the weather recently from cold to / warm and damp, has caused thousands dispatch from Wamego, Kas., | of dollars of damage to wall papers and others ar’ in houses. Of it has, and it is so simple be- cause many peopie do not study the plainest ¢: principles in airing th One evening lately, people went to bed with a hunt for extra blankets be- cause of the sudden and se > chill in the atmosphere. When tl rose in the morning their bedrooms, par- lors, dining rooms, ete., were yet chilly from the cold of the previous day, while the outside wunosphere had sud- denly became not only warm, but hot and oppressive with dampness. Inconsiderate 1 dows and doors b was warm, forgetting moi in the rush in with the w deposit itself on the c ture, ete curtain nmMOon sense r houses. ple opentheir win- re would d swiftly furni- thing irface limp as a we thing that w could have been avoid the plain common-s rale opening houses suddenly to changed atmosphere. i cessive quantity of m Lby following of not uddenly an exX- A pitcher filled w ter and placed in a room in ar will weat”—at 1 t that hat it is commonly called. ‘The not sweat, bee can not swe side of it chills the outer surface, and as soon as the outer surface of the pitcher becomes cooler than the atmosphere in the room, the imoisture ofthe air will be precipitated upon the pitcher in drops. This simple illustration should teach all housewives to avoid suddenly open- ing rooms in a house when the outside atmosphere is warmer than the temper- ature of the rooms and full of moisture. Tn all such cases the wall paper, furni- ture, etc.,being cooler than the outside pitcher does th | air will speedily have the moisture of the atmosphere precipitated upon them, and it will require days to re- store the house to the dry condition that is essential to health. There are no : trary freaks in the laws which govern the atmosphere surrounding us, and there is nothing abstruse in mastering them. Warm, damp air will ever precipitate its moisture in houses or elsewhere when- ever it comes in contact with any thing chilled by a covler atmosphere, and that is the whole story. The only thing to be added is, that when people have thus i antiy or negligently allowed their houses to become damp, they should light fires and dry them as promptly as possible. —Philadelphia Times. ——_= eo = ———_ —A learned bootblack thus explains the scientific reason for a ine”: Diamonds are nothing but ecrystalized earbon. Blacking, which is bone black, is little more when moistened than carbon paste, and the friction of a hair brush being one of the most efficient methods of generating electricity has the effect of erystalizing the carbon of the blacking. As soon as this is done the boot is covered with millions of in- finitely small diamonds, and of course begins to shine as a mass of diamonds would.—N. ¥. Tribune. ——s eon —She—‘“‘Good gracious! How dark itis. Ican hardly find my mouth.” He—“‘Allow me, Miss, to ass searching for it.” _ JUST OPENED A New and Fresh Line of GROCERIES, CAN GOODS, &C ‘My stock has just been opened up ‘and is new and fresh and you will, find everything usually kept in the grocery line. PRODUCE OF ALL KINDS WANTED. % s : The Public is Invited to Call and see me, A. F. HICKMAN, Three Doors South of Bates County National Bank. papers, | ¢, inte | He said that a er noe porous and | found Naney McKenzie with he cold water in- ! | rolling about on the ground. i the way across. | that nationality stow away their change \inside their stockings than any other NANCY M’KENZIE’S BEAR. | A Maif-Rreed Diana Whose Rifle Brings Death to Bruin. While at Chewela recently I met Nancy McKenzie, a noted half-breed woman, who is known throughout the far Northwest from Montana to Puget Sound. She is a large-framed, tall woman, about sixty years of age, who takes more after her Indian mother than her Scotch father, who, as an en- | listed man in the service of the Hudson Bay Company, left his home in the | Orkney Islands about seventy-fi ars | ago, and sought wealth and adventure in the untrodden, unknown regions of the Northwest. N grew to wom- anhood under his ta o round | lus camp fire, following him in his mi- grations from the buffalo hunting grounds of Montana to the salmon waters into the mid, creeks that empty thei great Columbi nd to Paget Sc where the wandering tribes of sayz would congregate at certain seasor enjoy atime of indolence a livir ter fowls with which the inlets of the sound ed, the ter fish that conl ou the Iwas told a little story concerning ya physician who lives near by. 2wdays before he was out in the swamp back of his house hunting pheasants, when he rd the sharp crack of a rifle near at hand. Thinking that it was one of his neigh- bors who had scared up a deer in the swamp, he hastened to the spot, and a smoking gun in hand peering toward the roots of an upturned fir tree. On asking her what she had shot, she replied in French—for she only speaks Indian and French—that she had shot a bear standing against the root of the tre and was not certain whether or not she had killed him. The doctor admitted that his knees smote together a little when he looked in the direction indi- cated and sawa great shaggy object Nancy said she was out of ammunition and asked him to give bruin a parting shot. The doctor was a frank man, and he again admitted that he shot and that the bear died, but on examination it was found that he had not touched a hair.— Cor. Birminghan (Ala.) Herald. — 2 = —— HIDING THEIR MONEY. How Representatives of Various European Nationalities Do It. The peculiarities of the people of different nationalities in their way of rying money formed a topic of con- ition at Castle Garden the other jyou intend making % SELECTING TURKEYS. How to Pick Out Prime and Tender Birds for Roasting. Experienced marketers know that prime food of all kinds looks well while uncooked; this is specially tae ease with poultry; it is carefully plucked without defacing the skin, which looks soft and clean, and shows layers of yellowish fat and light-col- ored or whitish flesh beneath. When poultry is dressed with the head and feet on, it is easy to select the best; the eyes will be full and bright, and the skin and joints of the feet soft and pliable; in stale and poor poultry the feet are dry and stiff, the skin hard and discolored in spots, the eyes dull and sunken, and the flesh dark under the skin, almost purple in very poor birds. When there is any greenish discoloration of either flesh or skin, especially about the rump and vent, the poultry is upon the point of spoil- three or four in vr to have | ing. The odor of good birds is per- changed. The French mostly carry a | fectly sweet and clean. If birds have small brass tube in which they can ] not been properly fasted previous to place forty or fifty twenty-frane pieces, | killing, the undigested food in the and remove them very handily one at | crop and intestines is apt to impart atime. There are very few Italians | a disagreeable smell to the entire bird, who don’t own 2 large tin tube, some- | especially in warm, damp weather; times a foot long, which they have | they should be shut up without food hung around their neck by a small | for at least a half a day before killing, chain or cord, and in which they keep | but should have water to drink. When their yaper money or silver coins. | they have not been fasted they may be Swedes and Norwegians are sure to | drawn as soon as they are killed and have an immense pocketbook that has | plucked, but there is an objection to generally been used by their fathers | this method, especially in summer; the and grandfathers before them and | action of the atmosphere upon the cut which will have enough leather in it to | surfaces, which are exposed by the make a pair of boots. The Slavonians | withdrawal of the entrails, favors or Hungarians generally do not carry | rapid decomposition, and consequently pocketbooks, but they find more ways | the poultry will not keep in good con- of concealing what money they may | dition as long as it would if no air have than any class of people I know | could penetrate to the interior; there- of. Their long boots seem to be the | fore, if poultry has been drawn, and favorite place, and in the legs of them they also carry the knife and fork and spoon with which they have eaten on But I have seen them take money from between the lining and outside of their coats, which they would get at by cutting into a button hole. Some of them use their caps and very many use their prayer books, placing the paper money on the inside of the cover and pasting the flyleaf of the book over it. But I think more of ‘Most of the English immigrants,” said one of the money ch: E ry their coin in a small ¢ their sovereigns or shillings fit snugly, and have the ease attached to a chain, which they keep in a pocket as they would 2 wateh. An Irishman always has his little canvas bag in which he keeps gold, silver and notes all to- gether. But a great many of the Irish girts have their sovereigns rolled up and sewed on the inside of their dress, very frequently, too, inside of their corsets, and often have to borrow my pen-knife to eut them out when they come to get them changed. “Phave seen some old Germans who would pull of from around their body a belt that I am sure must have cost forty or fifty marks, and fish from it it should not be used. Reject that which has a thick skin and long hairs, because it will be too tough for roast- ing; a male bird which is plump and and full-breasted, with yellowish fat will be excellent, either roasted or baked. Hen turkeys are smaller and shorter, of less fine flavor, and better suited for boiling or boning. Young turkeys are tender and delicate, but of le birds. —Housewtie. place, and don’t take their stockings off from the time it is put there until —___+ + =___ they want to change it."—1. ¥F. Com- | —The ancients believed that the mercial Adrer! | world was square. Evidently the —— ij ancients never were called upon to —Some people are discontented even | trust each other 2 great deal. | when you give them more than they | a ee ask for. The man who asked for a | —An applicant for naturalization quarter on the street complained loudly | was asked: “Were you ever intoxi- when the police officers gave him | cated?” He answered very truthfully: | quarters in the police station.—Somer- ; “Nein, but I TOB waccinated last ville Journal. | week.” He is now a citizen.— Buffalo i | Express. | i are the lowest to be found in the city. gives forth the least unpleasant odor, | and white flesh showing under the |! } a ms , Ae er days she must dou | I O THE PEOPLE: model for the sculptor in lopment, for, thougl ad | < bs and wrinkled, she is still nearly six | Franz Bernuarpr’s stock of holi- | feet in h tand straight as the typ- | ral Indiz ith strong and deeply | ,} = 3S e aasice = - va > 1 a} . ee zoods is unsurpassed, and his prices If presents see if you won't save money by buying there. SANTA CHAUS. Eight Short Fashion Notes. Large velvet collars are a conspicu- ous feature of the winter wraps. But few of the corsages of the pres- ent time show a visible fastening. Handsome cloth costumes are made with a Directoire redingote of one color opening over a skirt of another. Quaint Gretchen cloaks for little girls are in fashion. Favorite designs in the new bro- cades are leaves of every possible shape conveniently arranged. Persian cashmere silk with an imi- tation astrachan border is converted into novelties. Dainty little caps of embroidered silk are taking the place of the lawn caps worn by the babies during the summer. Wide strings of hemmed and embroidered surah replace those of lawn. Some of the most elegant of the win- ter cloaks are very long, and are made of the new cloths—matelasse, velvet or plush—N. Y. World. —There is a story now circulating to the effect that a good man living not a hundred miles from Belfast at- tempted some missionary work Sunday on a few wicked horsemen who were speeding their trotters on the track. He drove out to the race course and found these Sabbath breakers engaged in trotting one of the liveliest heats he had ever seen. He was interested in the race, but his zeal in saving these lost sheep was unshaken, and he drove on to the track to expostulate and plead with them. As they didn’t evince any desire to stop and talk when they came round he started in pursuit, and, having a good nag, came into the finish a close second. We have been unable to get a summary of the subsequent races, but, according to a Belfast horseman, the good man proved himself acool driver and an opponent to be dreaded in a horse race. —Bangor Commercial. thin skin, and smooth feet and legs, | intense flavor than full-grown | —Magistrate (to prisoner)—‘‘It’s | some time since I saw you here, Uncle |Rastus” Uncle Rastus (virtuously)— \“Yes, sah, I'se been quiet an’ law- labidin’ since de larst time I was up |defo’ yo’, an’ dat were more’ six months ago, yo’ honnah.” Magis- you for stealing a ham. [t's a year this time, uncle.” —There is a remarkable case of heredity in San Francisco. The daughter of a policeman there fre- quently sleaps twelve days at a streteh. —Minneapolis Tritune. —The pri ‘he struck the m ‘sion, replied: “No, I bit him | pit of the stomach.””— Colonel. asked whether f pas- in the | apex of the great tower at an elevation i SECURE FOOD FIRST. Some of the Bad Results of Obiaining Toe Much Live-Stock. The w ity of persous who open ap new farms money in stoek. animals will grow 2 nd multiply while they are improving their places and Many find at raising food for them. the end of their first ye that they have nothing to feed their animals except wild hay and a little sod corn. They have several litters of pigs, but next to nothing to feed to them. They can manage to keep their cows and steers on poor hay, but they willecome through the winter in bad condition. Their horses will lose flesh if they do not have some grain, and they will need oats er corn to enable them to work in the spring. It seldom pays to purchase corn to feed to hogs, and a new { is the poorest of all places to try . hhope rood build- is plenty he buying it and With poor build- the pros- of success. ings and lives where corn make money by preciate in vaiue if they have nothing but wild , to eat. If they have been acc ed to better living they will not be y to breed. Cows will fail to give much inilk d young cat- tle will gain ve be well fed, esper or they will fall off in condition. proved stock of any kind run down very quickly when taken from the comfort rters of u breeder to the p farmer who has poor building no steck food but wild hay and a little sod corn. They are accustomed to warm barns, good care, und the best of food. If deprived of them they at once begin to lose flesh and vigor and in a year they begin to look like serubs. No farmer should take fine animals to a place that is not pre- pared for them. Their superior con- dition when he buys them is partly owing to good blood and careful breed- ing, but more is due to good quarters, careful attention and excellent food. Like their former owners, they have been accustomed to good food. The farmer who has warm shelter for animals, a small field of timothy and clover, « thousand bushels of corn in crib, and an equal amount in cats, is prepared to keep stock to advantage and with a good prospect for making money. He is prepared to bridge over an unfavorable season. He can stand one bad year for crops. He will not be obliged to buy foo, to stint his ant mals, or to sell them at a sacrifice. He can buy young animals of his neighbors who have not food to keep them and can purchase improved males to cross with them. A farmer who collects a considerable number of animals and has not a sufficient amount of suitable food for them runs a great risk. He is likely to lose financially. He is also likely to im flict cruelty on his animals. No ho mane man will be guilty of attempting to keep stock over a winter on insuff- cient or unsuitable food. A farmer who wishes to raise stock should first provide food and shelter. — Chicage Times. —— — THE PENN STATUE. The Figure That Is to Surmount Philadeb- phia’s City Hall Tower. Mr. Calder’s model of the gigantie statue of William Penn which is to surmount the tower of the new City Hall is at length completed. Mr. Calder’s original sketch model of the figure was made as long back as 1876, and was thus described in the report of a committee of the Historical Sock ety of Pennsylvania: ‘It represents Penn in the full viger of manhood and in physical proportions which would render possible the traditions of hi« outdoing the Indians themselves im some of their feats of activity. His face is taken from the original paint- ing presented to the society by his grandson, Granville Penn, and his fig- ure corresponds with Dixon's descrip- tion: ‘Erect in stature, every motion indicating honest préde; in every limb and feature the expression of a serene and manly beauty. His age is about thirty-eight and his costume that ip vogue during the last years of the reign of Charles II, the date of his first visit to this country. The figure is in speaking attitude, and the left hand is represented as holding the original charter of the city of Phila delphia. The statue being intended te represent him in his relation to our city rather than to our State, this was deemed the more appropriateembiem.” Some modifications have been made in the figure in working out the fuli- sized mode}, but the general design has not been changed. The figure is 36 feet high, and when cast in bronze will weigh about 20 tons. It is to stand upon the summit of the dome-like of 500 feet, making the total height to the top of the figure 537 feet 4 inches. thus overtopping the famous spires of Cologne Cathedral. The tower has now risen to a height something like 300 feet, the point where the masonry_ stops, the superstructure veing de- signed of iron. Further work on the tower has been suspended for the pres ent until the interior of the building shall be completed, and there is thus no immediate prospect that the great Penn will emerge from the dark pre cincts of the modeling rooms where he is now to be seen. — Philadelphia Times.