The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 23, 1889, Page 6

Adrian Items. Having noticed nothing in your ble paper from our quiet little pn, and believing that some of world I resolved to send you a Adrian Echoes. ladies of the Christian Cherch of place was a grand success, was a large crowd present Ha bounliful supper served, the pts from which was $145 80, buding the novelty quilt which sold to Mr. R. Allen for $11.00. 500 names of members and ds of the chruch was embroid- don the quilt. With each uame contributed 10cents or move ‘ ting the total receipts from the Ut alittle over $115.00. The la- ing efforts to secure money to ald and furnish the church which beautiful staucture. The citi- ns deserve praise sor their liberal- fim Gillmore, who is studying under Holcomb & Smith re- ined in Adrian this week recuper- irl. ‘6 will be a protracted meeting mmence at the Christian church Saturday night, conducted by Elder Joe Wright The church ll be dedicated the first Sunday in mber by the State Evangelist ffman. be Dunkards of this vicinity are Blding a church in the south part town. It 1s nearing completion. A new corn penis in course of ection out by the depot. Hurrah t Adrian enterprise! ‘Miss Jessie Kinney and her sister pitie were seen on our streets Sat- day. Droos. Glass Wedding. >. Timms: Many of your readers have scen th the columns of your paper that Cisaro building a mansion on his farm didn’tknow why he was doing such a » but the sec: lebrating the ¢) > of his married lifes The crowd was @large one, but they enjoyed themselves diy. The preparation was so complete $ for one not to have enjoyed himself would been a miserable creature, especiaHy there was so much{chicken, turkey and Boake. There was only one thing to mar pleasure of any; Mrs. Sidney Graham and |. John Embree were so uneasy about their nds eating so much that they did not en- the feas' they might have done. . Editor I wish vou had been here, there pe more pretty women than you couldphave dtoina full week. Inever saw so many len among s0 many ugly men. Ii you had here there would have been at least two of that would have passed. Well, there is so cake left that { think I will ,have to take may boarding for aweek,I send you here- mts that she’ll not sleep to-night for Hing atthem The following is a partial fof tl any presents: M. T. Embree, a Preserve stand; Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Her- » Bet of goblets; Taylor and Mollie Tim- » ® preserve stand; Mr. and Mrs. J. ater, cake stand; Michell and Lucy m, abeantiful pitcher; besides many if nice glass dishes. Gvrst. he only place in Butler where ie celebrated yarn from the Butler foolen Mills can be had is at the office. | TEST OF CIVILIZATION. Fnstance of the Superiority of Chris- tian to Classic Life. he civilized man is distinguished the savage in nothing more than the cultivation of his sympathies. barbarous countries men learn to ure the actual sight of cruelty and ing that ina more advanced so- y would arouse a storm of sympathy the sufferers and indignation those by whom the sufferings inflicted. It is one of the strongest lances of the superiority of Chris- n to classic civilization that the cruel prts in which the most refined of man men and women took delight impossible in modern times, and the countries in which these sports ive are rated lower in civilization that account than the countries from tich they have been banished. The hment is nowhere quite complete, the advance is steady and constant. are on the way to the establishment ie ideal condition of the poet in ich it shall be the rule of human life to biend our pleasure or our pride Sorrow of the meanest thing that feels. have so nearly attained it that the sight of protracted suffering is ded by all civilized people. But pisalong step from this condi- toone in which the thought of en human suffering is intolerable. higher refinement is needed oke sympathy and aid for distant unknown victims. Even the most need nations have still a great to make before the brotherhood # man is recognized in them as a cal fact, and before a family in or in China excites the same sons as a story of starvation in next street. But here also prog- is steadily making. Already the ity” of Western Europe and ca—of what we may still call endom—isa great social force, the sympathy that comes from it }) a action whenever a disaster occurs, results of which are plainly be- : the power of relief of those who @ more . and less Scriptural are the neighbors of the victim: . S. Whe “Crazy Tea” supper given by | deserye much credit for their} his health and courting his| was made known to-day; s wedding, the 15th an- | ih @ part of the wreck; don’t eat all at once. | » Graham is so elated over the beautiful | not fail to be translated into help- | | PAY THEM IN PASTEBOARD. ' | Miners Given Ghecks not Redeemable in Cash tor Ten Years. Jetierson City, Mo., Oct. 18.— State Labor Commissioner Merri-! ‘wether has returned to Jefferson | City from tour of inspection; amoug the coal mines in the north- ern counties of Missouri. He reports ou the part ds of tyranny and! ‘oppression and violations of the law | ‘so flagrant and of such long stand- |ing that it would be difficult to be-| lieve them did not the commissioner | have sworn documents proving the itruth of every statement made. | It seems incredible that mine | owners in this state should | PAY THEIR MEN IN PASTEBOARD CHECKS ‘that are not redeemable in cash for jten years, yet commissioner Merri | wether shows that one company has | been doing this very thing for a | number of years. The checks are j redeemable at any time in merchan- | dise. ! “The law,” said Merriwether, “re-| | quires corporations #6 redeem ‘all! j checks or tokens,of indebtedness is- sued to their employes in thirty days ‘after the date of delivery of the | same, or upon the first pay day sub- sequnt to the day on which such }ehecks or tokens of indebtedness are issucd. This law is laid down} | $0 plainly and explicitly that I hesi- jtated to believe any company in Missouri made it a practice to issue! | checks to their employes and refuse’ , to redeemf such checks in cash until | the expiration of ten years. | “Several miners were discharged by this company because they did not trade enough at the company’s jstore. What is true of this compa- ‘ny is true of nearly all the others.” | a f of some, } operators metho | New Meat Market. | Mr. Furgeson has opened a new) ;meat market on the south ‘side of ' the square. He keeps the very best ' meat for sale and sells it at a low price. Call and see him. Shop next | door to Powers’ grocery store. 46tf Ridding the White House of Rats. | Having gotten rid of the red ants | which infected the White house the | president is now trying to drive the | rats away, the new superintendent |has made a contract with W. H. Hosmer, of this city, to clean out, the entire building of rats. The contract allows Mr. Hosmer $10 aj (day, with time wolimited. Ferrets | and dogs are to be used in the work of extermination and the job is to proceed until it is completed, if it takes all winter, the government to: pay for all loss of ferretts. Mrs |Harrison has requested the con- tractor to begin work at once in ber room, as there was one impudent rotund who nightly invaded the FAR pr readers miyht be interested in’ is transgiring in this part of, | | \ { of public buildings and grounds, | room greatly to her annoyance. The} work will begin early Monday and} the ferrets to be used will be} brought from New Yor'.—Chieago | Herald. | Our Lone Star tumblers 25cts! and Princess goblets at 40 cents per | set, can not be equaled. | E. T. Steere. | | parties who have purchased Jack- sou’s Common Sense i i the last teu days: C. Stammens, Geo. Gazebrook, Ed. Steele, Judge Powell, A. R. Wolf, Cap. Donahue, Con. Grape. C. Morila, W. Anderson, John Daniels, F. M. Burgess. Dan. Heeton. D. McDanial, J. R. Marshall, Wm Brannock, John Patton, James W. Smith. H. P. Nichol, R. F. Harper, J. D. Allen, S. W. Childs, | B. P. Scott, |T. J. Bowdry, | | To Distriet Clerks. Liniment in The following is a partial list of | A. Wright, Wm L. King G. M. Hardin, Wm Jackson, | J. B. Ray, j J. A. Nesbit, Dell Welton, Geo. Palm. Jokn Reese, W. M. Vantr ees, HH. Smuzer, Dan Lafollett, B. F. Howe, Wm Harris, J. W. Beaman, D. B. Heath, G. C. Moss, J. T. Shannon, J. Light. H. Griswold, John Lawson, T. J. Day, Cap. Hannah. Ss. | Those clerks who have not yet sent in their reports are requestsd | to do so at once as I must have! them immediately. { Very Respectfully, James A. Bunxe, Co. Com. MERS BAN OF BATES COUNTY, Southst Corner of Square, (In room formerly occupied by Grange Store.) . Cash Capital. $20,000.00 ae BONE Presiden} De ae THOMPSON . ice eaident ELD. CASHIER 3 See y be Wr sven _ Attorney DIRECTORS. i J. K. Roster, - T. W. Sitvers, - J.J. McKe J. EvERINGHAM, - Jno. STEELE, - A. 5. R D. N. Tuompsox, - M. R. Lyte, - E. D. Kuve Does a General Banking busine Special attention given to time deposits and interest paid on s The undersigned have Consolidated their business interests and have traded for Another Large Stock OF Hardware -oO- and Stoves We propose to sell this large Stock Cheaper Than Ever-Known Before In Butler. move We are crowded oft and must seme Goods Regardless of Prices Our Stock Consists of GOOK STOVES, HEATERS, HARD- WARE, FURNITURE ETC. All wanting bargains cail quick. PER & ATKINSON THE ENGLISH DERBY. Maz O'fcli's Account of His First Visit to the Epsom Downs. ve spent sixteeen years re never seen the Can there be in sueh a dirty, hoot- hroated, foul- And lam mouthed told that proved, are to be witn 1 for the Derb And what a road! ‘r we drove over a@ with b. paper fusees, ad- tent to be ige pecl- bottles. redeeming feature in the 1 to me the treat- with which at intervals, atered and re- I saw a man, »ping a poor unfortunately got e set upon by trewn adve route debris, ments of the found on the co ‘ ings, cocoanut shells, emp! The only whole thing seemec ment of ho they were driven, along the read dow: freshed. On the furiously dri horse which into his com es, the care and cc id W an indignant rowd that looked likely to make a very good ama- | teur RS. P. A. The workingman is | no doubt better aware than any one who talks to him of humanity to his horse that it pays to treat the animal well. Looking at the way in which he is often found treating his wife, the | extra gentleness extended to Dobbin from shrewdness. Or is it “A fellow-feeling wondrous kind.” In the 8, cars, shandrydans that I passed on the road, there were three distinct types of face—the bulldog, else? pany occupied each cart, with its layer or two of men in front, and all the women (the fegales, I should rather say) stowed @®way behind in true British fashion. Where there was an apparent ab- sence of any Hnen on the persons of the men, there was an extra display of ostrich feathers on the wonderful hats vehicles discharged their cargoes some truly amazing toilets that had been blushing unseen in the carts on y down, now joined in the gen- eral jarring and swearing. One, noted carefully in detail, will give an idea of many, though I doubt if it could have been outdone on the whole course. Dress of sapphire blue silk, eco ered to the waist with beaded frills; a gigantic hat of crimson velvet, sur- rounded by a wide band of gold lac and furtt adorned with a long and bread encircling plume of a dazzling apple-green hue. The finishing touch was put to this attire by a train of black lace, which started from the waist, and trailed a long yard behind its wearer. Just after witnessing the check in | the career of the Jehu whom the crowd | took in hand for lashing the horse, I ; stumbled upon a female fight. Two jenraged creatures, with fine feathers | and foul tonguee, were in the thick ofa | quarrel which they evidently intended |} to settle on the spot. No interference here. On the contrary, hearty encour- |aging cries from the male students of | Go it, old gal; Pll ’old yer ‘at.’ and other evidences of the absence of any | intention to spoil sport. | The main business ef the day on the |Downs is evidently eating, drinking {and getting photographed. I will venture to doubt whether a half of the people who flock to Epsom on Derby | day see a horse race. Horse play there was, of course, plenty. It is not an invariable acecom- | paniment of every British holiday making in which the masses take jpart? On the whole, however, it must | be admitted that it was a good-tem- | pered crowd, rough and rowdy, but | | | i | not riotous; ridiculous and dirty, but | with here and there a diverting touch, such as the impromptu foot bath of an ; individual who removed the dust from | his boots by calmly swilling a pail of | water over them. ‘bo fun pure and | simple the nearest approach seemed to | be the wearing of a big bonnet by a | man. How the cockney loves a holiday and how he will toil at taking it! It ‘would be hard to say wherein the | pleasure of the Derby day for the six fellows whom I noted going down with 2x handeart. Isay with, for only four of them were upon it, No. 5 was in the shafts, and No. 6 pushed behind. | Where they bad joined the stream I ican not of cou t when we passed them they were on the Epsom | side of Tooting, and with baskets on | board were clearly enough bound for | the course, if not for the |To one who goes to the crowd and not to look on from the grand stand, the impression left is not |a pleasant or cheerful one. I returned home feeling that if horse racing was j instituted for the improvement of the j equine race, it has certainly not con- | duced much to the improvement of the | human one.—Boston Herald. ee | —A farmer in Wilson Count reports some rather remarkabl sults of experiments in cotton } ing. His purpose was to ascertain the result of planting in rows of different widths. Most of the cotton was pl edin the usual w but five acres were planted with the rows eight feet apart, and he reports that the cotton in this field did not cease growing the entire year and made twice as much to the acre as that planted the usual width. = —— i | | —The fees to the officials atachurch | j wedding in England amount to fo: dollars. The vicar gets twenty-one dollars of this sum. | the fish | and the sheep. What an unlovely com- | |} be commended for summer. | be found useful ALL ABOUT LEAVES. An Interestiag and Profitable Artiele for Lovers of Nature. Even the most cursory observer of ble life must have been often vith the various forms of Why they should be so vari- ed does not, however, often est itself, though there is a reason for the special shape and texture of al- most every leaf in existence. Plants, such as s, daffodils and others which ly grow in clusters, have generally narrow leaves growing up- right, so as not to overshadow one another. Other plants, of isolated habits, have an arrangement of foliage which secures to themselves the space of ground necessary for their develop- ment. The dai dandelion or shep- herd’s purse—which may mostly be seen in pastures — are examples of this. A cirele of broad leaves pressed against the ground, form- ing what is known as arosette growth, effectually bars the approach of anv other plant and keeps clear from all other roots the space of ground néces- sary to its own nutriment. Floating leaves, and leaves of marsh plants, are usually of simple outline, for, hav- ing few competitors, they are not liable to get in one another's light. Submerged plants have mostly leaves lof narrow segments—the reason for which is not very well understood, though it is assumed by naturalists | that itis for the purpose of exposing as large a surface as possible, in order to extract the minute proportion of carbonie acid dissolved ina vast bulk ' of water. Leaves on the boughs of trees are often much divided, so as to fold easi- | ly, to prevent their being rent and torn by high winds, while the glossy sur- | face of evergreens is intended to throw off rain and dew, which might freeze |on them, and so cause injury to the tissues within. But the hairs on the | face of leaves are perhaps the most in- | teresting study of all. With the aid | of a microscope, the beautiful and sys- tematic arrangement of these can be ' easily discerned, and their uses under- , stood. On many plants there are glandular hai _ rs, to catch or detersmal lereeping insects; on others there are Uhairs set so as to act as effectively | against young animals as a spike pali- | sade against obtrusive boys; on others, | hairs which arrest the drops of moist- . | ure and force them down the leaf-stalk, | to moisten the earth about the roots; | while others are protectd by a series of ; poisoned stings. ‘lhe ordinary nettle is an example of this, and the beauty | and ingenuity of its mechanism is truly ; wonderful. Each nettle hair is armed | with a brittle and pointed siliceous cap, | which breaks off in the wound; and the | poison is then able to flow out through ja tubular hair, from a reservoir at its | base. There is scarcely a form of leaf | but is specially modified by nature for | some particular purpose, and the dis- | covery of this purpose is a source of | very pleasant and profitable study to young naturalists. —Horticultural ‘Times. _———— DRINKS FOR SUMMER. How to Make Lemonade, Orangeade and Pine- Apple Water. There are few people indeed who do not suffer more or less with thirst during a hot summer. The tank or pitcher of ice water is to be found in nearly all homes during warm weather, and too often is it the cause of serious illness among the inmates of the home. Although the ill effects of this may | not be felt by all, yet the majority of the people would do well to let this drink severely alone during very hot weather, substituting something less injurious. An old-fashioned drink that was generally made on the farms, for the men working in fields, is heartily to To a quart of water adda tablespoonful of ground ginger, sweeten with molasses or brown sugar, and put into it a good-sized piece of ice. This drink, although so very commonplace, is very reviving when a _ person is thirsty, and it is not at all injurious. Ice-water well sweetened with mo- lasses is liked by some, but, although arefreshing drink, many can not use it frequently, owing to its laxative ef- fect. Men working in factories, bakeries, ete., have to be careful of their drinks during the summer, and a favorite one that is recommended and used among them is made of oat-meal and ice- water. A cupful of oat-meal toa gallon of water is the usual quantities. This is stirred every little while, and it is claimed to be the least hurtful of any drink for warm weather. Lemonade is a standard beverage. An easy way to prepare this is to squeeze the juice of the lemons into a glass, add sugar enough to sweeten and putin a bottle. Keep this on the ice, and when a drink is wanted, take out the quantity of juice desired, add water to taste, and it is ready for use. This juice may be prepared when the housewife has a little leisure, and will during the day. Always shake the bottle well before uncorking, so the sugar may nof be . left in the bottom, or you will have to -. resweeten. Orangeade can be made in the same * way by substituting oranges for lem-- ons, and is liked better by some as a pleasanter drink than lemonade. It is claimed thata pleasant summer drink can be made as follows: the rind and core of a small pine apple, put into a stone jar and pour over it ac | pint of cold water; cover the jar and; set in a cool place for twenty-four hours. Then strain and sweeten to taste, bottle, cork and place away ins cool place for three days, when it wild’: be ready for use.—Boston Budget Take “ cr call M M. far da: sp lis po ral le: Cc SE