The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 7, 1891, Page 4

ea 4 ee — "Schaap GRIM WANT IN RUSSIA CARE OF ELEPHANTS. . bese i Interesting Pacts Obtained From ao oa! ° i showman. i : NE TO Frighttul Sufferings of the Czar's Bere MAKE A LI Starving People could, we} _J.M. McKIBBEN’S AND SEE HIS ELEGANT STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES, Hats, | | Caps, Hosiery, TO BE FOUND IN THE CITY. | PALACE HOTE!. «DING, - An unlimited supply of MONEY to LOAN or real estate. Loans deawn five years und mude payable any time. Also plenty of 8 ot per cent home money. ‘ Farts for sale in all parts of Bates county. Low Prices, Easy | % Terms. If you want to buy or sell it will be to : your Interest to see me. Complete Abstracts of all Real Estate in Bates County, Missouri.| GEO. M. CANTERBURRY. Office in rear of Farmers’ Bank, Butler, Missouri. Virginia ttems. Jolin Henderson of Mulberry has lost 4 colts; 2 of them two year eld bays, ove black and one roan. Any informaticn leading there recovery will be thaukfully received. ...Zera There are two kinds of farmer in| Raybourn of Mulberry, has bought Missouri. Que raises crops aud the | » tract of land of H. P Nickell... _ other raises mischief. The former | Joo Arbogast is clerking for John owns a farm and works itand makes | MeFadden....Neal Porter is very hie hviug therefrom; the latter owns * gw patel of ground and lets someone | else work it while he works his jaws A Graphic Pen-Picture of a Few Thid Party Howlers in Bates ¢ y sick. Dr. Renick of Butler is treat- ing him... .It is reported by Joe Rinehart that Bill Zinn, of the In- ——AND THE— extending e tor the iup that way he | f Z | go into effect. hant ea ear | ‘ 7 } : sume eas) e Hi | disastrous flies at for him, and | i but he doesn’t Hiouchontshi 4 8 nker The way we | teict. Tu tnany of listricts en-| work to make him open his | tie villages bave been destroyed. | mouth. -oil we put in a galvan- | with no prospect cf improving th jcondition. made no attemp to }and watched jed the Almighty to extingr s far as the care of | ead equerry ot | of the y mH } King We know now London, Sept. 29.—The di fe e kai x ee from St. Petersburg says that not elevated jsave 40 to 50 per cent for centuries has such ead iam ied : : dod , 1 collee- | manufacturers distress beer recorde s ncie| ing less th a unatioual cala: SER The trouble is chief to the had ty ee vou buy of us. err. ei = government, which. were taken | famine Was imminent ities delnyed taking relieve the tent Tate: been derived from the prot of the year, was ally a good stiff them round. distress What ben 5 jodges. I ms cases of the exportation ef iye was oullif ce as many blankets as 1 | which has caus but not in all. If his foot, which n, he will stop you his trouble, | the distress lias been imtens r the enormous bus. y and show iron bottle. and we place that on tongue, force his head backwards, and down goes the oil. No harm ever | isdone him with the prods. It takes the inhabitants of the burning vil-} lages, weak from lack of food and check the progress of ihe fla ut stood | | burn | always remembered a very os Reade’s, Jack of ve arather sinister nd T recall, too, a nonsense written about >of elephant prods. It would > try and manage an ani- ther d Some of them. y 8 more devout than others, fell on tiucic Kuces and j getty ephant anda wall, oryou may have the life erushed out of you. The upshot of which is that | Oriental mahoots or American keepers pangs of hunger that they gladly eat) must have prods: and it is also. fortu- | nate for man that clephants have sen- In many cases their only the peasants to obtain is of the description, but so sharp are food that at other times they would not touch food is the sweepings and refuse of the flour iuills in the west. “Quarreling among elephants is not common, but we are careful not to put the males together. ‘Their tempers dif- | Tu Saratov the land | : | fer: the females, however, are rare owners found this refuse so injurious | Soe UNE BORIS, OSA TOTO) 4 | cross. In certain seasons we watch the to their cattle that they would not! males very carefully, for they become was | feed it thei. not tit for eat, the owners made bread of it aud ruld it But, t dangerous. ‘There is an elephant we eured of a broken leg. It was a long job. We slung him and used splints | and plaster. Elephants run down in though it kes" Write cattle to laud | logue. THE for Mailed fre». PARISIAN CLOAKCO. Buy your Cloaks where you can on Septembe We are the and will save yeu anene &* lewmgtn Eee, We offer the following bargains. fire. | hh prodigious powers—the Added to these ce strokes | Mronrest ee know ofcwith a siding. | Coudrens oc ool Cloak fan - ee anne is are necessities, An worth $5.00 ortune came the cuttie p-ague, | skeeper and obeys : pbs which caused ineredivie — havee, kind of respeet with | Cheviot Reefer Jackets. 3.75 Thousands of beads of perish- | Some li tion for his master, but worth 6.00 1 : ei {he has no liking for strangers. If 1 ne ed, and thus many fans] st thet) were left alone with any show ele-|Seal Plush Jackets 7.75 only meaus of subsistence. | phant, the keeper bein sent, I should worth 10.00 WRETCHED SUBSTITUTE FOR FOOD | atonce want to beat a hasty retreat. ao ee ete ‘ | Never through euriosi relessness tie Sacaucs _...1173 What little food itis possible fi r Plush Sacqucs.... £5 worth 1500 The largest exclusive Cloak House 108 & i110 MAIN STREET. flesh in summer, because we work them, to the peasants. Bread of | fair at St ‘doth. the Mo. Pac. R’y. Co, vill sell Tilustrated Cata-| ~ To the Farmers ot Ba Counties Everett. Mo., Sept. To wHom IT MAY CON This is to certify that total loss on my barn and ee. "uae ,d 1891. Under pol- icy No. 932335, issued June 21st., 1891, by the German Insurance Co., Freeport, DL, through Calhoun & | $1.00 to $2.00 on every garment/Harrison, at Carthage, Mo. they have this day settled in full for all loss and damage amounting to $1, 150, and Tecan heartily recommend the German to any and all who wish good, safe insurance. I also recommend Calhoun & Harrison, of Carthage, Mo., State agents. Also, T can fully recommend Johu F. Her- ean jrell, special agent at Adrian, Mo, for said Company. I know them to be men of their word, aud pay just: as they agree. Itisa gratification to me to be insured with a company whose agents are so honorable and upright in their settlements. I shall speak a good word for these men whenever I have an opportunity. Tam Faternally yours, T. B. Praruer. To those desiring to attend the Louis, Mo, Oct 5tlt to \tickets to St. Louis and reurn at ene fare for the round trij, plus fifty cents for adimission icket. \On Oct. 6th, Veiled Prophet’ day, | ticket will be sold at ove fare or the trip without admission ticket. Tick- ets will be on sale Sept. 3rdto 9th good for return until Oct. 124. To those desiring to atted the inter-state fair and expositn at Kansas City. Oct. 3rd to 11). the Mo. Pac. R’y Co., will sell ticlts to Kansas City and return at o1 fare for the round trip. Tickets 1] be on gale on sale Oct. 3rd te 1ltzood for return until Oct. 12th. To those desiring to atter the meeting of the grand lodge Ma- sons of Missouri, Oct. 13th 5th the Mo Pac. R'y Co., will séick- ets to Kansas City and turn at one and third fare for theund trip, on the certificate plan. To those desiring tonttends G. A. R. reunion at Coffeyvillejns., {September 30th to Oct. 4 the Mo. Pace. R'y Co will sell tics to \ a : : made Asleep for Nearly Four Years. Coffeyville at one fare for thand | for a living. There is no trouble in | giny, Nation has a fiue 10 pou = and they are a good deal knocked se | getting along with the genuine | AE Evert Hi = pe Hd DY | tinely chopped straw) and bran NUIX-| spout, but in winter th pick up. Hacketstown, N. J., Sept. 29.—On | trip heres will be on salept. ‘a ; sufh : ea wah ickman of south-| oq with a very small quantity of rye| The tusks of the female, which are | Qetober 20, 1887, Michael Farpan, a| 29th and 30th, good for retumtil bY farmer. He is satistied to live on) ist Missouri, is visiting Ga : ) 1 3 3 ; feet apa st ra) a : ; ; | thi reduce of his toil, but the | Th a Mu Misting George jis considered a Godsend. | eee a ae the Beane ae ay watchman in the Factoryville tunnel | Oct. 5th. — For further infotion — 8 Se humpsou....) r. Fricks fase i | ugly wounc hen they are scarred, . . : an 4 Ries termer is a very uoisy and | j, wb a Uae ‘ rie cf Tlinois In many districts the Starving | we use ecarbolic salve. When they |of the Delaware. Lackawanna &| call on or address, W. C. Bu, fellow. Although not ae ucle Amos Bright... peasantry are not able to procure} stand for along time, we have to cut| Western railroad, went to sleep at Agent, ButMo. troublesome fellow. g | Mrs Jusie Dudley is on the sick list even these mixerable sybatitutes for | their tees and the soles of their feet. in the habit of performing mauuel | labor, he pushes himseli tu the front on all occasions as an eucyclopedia ofinspiration. He is posse: sed of » large fund of garbled aud distorted statistics with which he is eyer ready | to inflict the public. He isa place hunter of long experience and nev- + er fails to file bie claim early. His career usually dates frem his being \ kicked out of some party. Then he isnext heard from in the capacity | of a tramp place seeker. He wants an office and wants it bad. He im-| ‘agines delight to be informed that | they are bankrupt and have been © foole all their lives an1 it never oc- _eurs'to him that any one will won der whether he has corns on his ‘hands or corns on his tongue. He talks about poverty and tries to con- ’ that the American -» Prof HL Young of Amoret, pass ed through with bis new wife, Jack Cris McGuire have gone to look at Oklahoma. ...Wiu Stephens will have a big sule on the 14th... Abe Park has returned from north Missouri where be will soon locate. We are very sorry to luse Mr. P. aud his estimable family Hussey, Hedger and Geo Maloney had so much business to attend to Saturday that, they ca.ce home Suaday morn- ing....J W McFadden and wife are taking in the fair this week....Dr J J Mitchell and wife are in Kansas City....Wm Oldham is hauling rock for the foundation of « big barn . Dick Craig is selling bis coal at 5e per bushel at the dump. ...Uncele | Joel Zinn has cider apples for sale ...-dane Barry is on the sick list --Milburn Jackson is acting as 8 ....The Virginia school com- ed Monday with Miss Whipple teacher.... Billy Hutchinson of Idorado Springs is up on a vist... | | Luther Judy has rented Mr. Wm.! oe , . = r It is abou western farmeys are sifting out the tiamp politicaus ‘and exhibiting some ot the spirit |... TERE Geactathers. The aetdal | ephens farm, and Mr. farmers are in no danger of starving | 1.44 located east of Butler... Mat | ae \ or... Mat to death bat the pot poltomaus:are | Brown of Clay county is dowua on a} not so pleasantly situated. Suppose | Visit to Tom Ships....When you the farmers’ alliance should pass want a chew or smoke or anyihing | resolution requesting Macune and | in the provision line come to me. Scephens will move to Butler....0 Moore! jto maintain the impoverished peo- | minister of the interior We use a rasp anda chisel, and do not have any trouble.” When at Central Park, Mr. Conklin asked me toguess the circumference of SRS és ee j an elephant’s foot. I was ten inches districts the starving population ae} out of the way. Taking the fine brute keeping themeslves alive by what| Tom in the menagerie, the keeper nourishing food and are driven to the most dire straits to procure any- thing that will prolong life. In these T Se eo ae «| passed a cord round one of the fore- they cull hun ; r bread. It =| feet, and its circumference was four hardiy to be belicved that human} feet eight inches. “That,” said the beings could be in such dire neces- superintendent, ‘‘ought to represent when multiplied by two, Tom’s greatest elevation.” There, upon a_ second measure was taken, and ‘Tom's height was nine feet four inches. I have had le with this circumference drawn in chalk on the floor, and it occupies about the room of an ordinary tete-a- tete tea-table. The greatest diameter is only obtainable when the elephant is on his feet; then there is expansion of the massive toes. The books give the foot cireumference as one of the rough ways used in India to get at the height | of an elephant.—Harper’s Weekly. asleep. sity aud jive upon such a compound | as this ¢ it is stated asa fact that the ingre dients entering ito the ¢ o-called “hunger bread.” yet | aci nposition nothing of i of this bread are dried dung, pow dered bark of trees and ground peas and goosefoot, a plant more com- mouly known as pig-weed. This} mess is greedily eaten by the fam-| ishing people fect. POTATOES ROTTING IN THE GROUND. Heavy rains have fallen and the| ground is se soaked with water that | the potatoes are rotting. The price area | of potatoes has wlready doubled and} Could Charm Copperheads. There is a legend of one man in the town of Wawarsing, near the Shawan- gunk mountain, famous as a mower with a scythe, to the effect that he car- ried on his legs three copperheads half way across a field while mowing. Tne snakes in striking at the man became fastened in the hay bands and dangled from his calves, to the terror of his fel- low-workmen wko had noticed them When informed of his danger he said that was nothing. He had an intimate acquaintance with all snakes. To prove it he made a bet of a gallon of whisky that he could show them a oe ne dozen copperheads in less than three will be utterly impossibic f minutes. He then drew from his pock- to pay their taxes. feta bac ae shrill blast and all enue . . ed ¥ ) over the field the heads of the snakes A circular bas been issued by the | (onia be seen above the praes netlien is still rising. The peasant boards iiave sent pe-| titions to the ministry praying that} the taxes wiped out. The petitioners declare that the govornment will be obliged | aud arrears of taxes be} mind with ple for fourteen touts and that it r them macs. “@ezene of: others who have been | _ spouting wound over the state, to | <), go to work one season and raise a oe crop of corm, wheat and potatoes, ie i give their jaws holiday. How ; adegree would strike terror ir hearts. Like the quack doc- compelled to take his and begged piteously medieine than his pot disposed to | living. Itis| A farm of 160 acres, all under’ om place to place | good fence, lying northwest of But- | ils which | four miles. Small house and barn, pn City good orchard, good well of water. Coal on farm; terms reasonable. Call on or address. N. B. Laxasrorp, Butler, Mo. N. M. Nestreropr Its Excellent Qualities | |Commend to public approval the} California liquid fruit remedy Syrup | of Figs. It is pleasing to the eye, ! aud to the taste and by gently act | ing on the kidneys, liver and bowels | it cleanses the system effectually, : thereby promoting the health and comfort of all who use it. 43 Land for Sale. Lich enu-} rose on their tails to ascertain the werates thirteen governments in| meaning of the unwonted sound. The Bich th iat cacecomen ly | men, on seeing the snakes, left the field which the people Bre Core etely | and the snake-charmer had to finish famine-stricken, and eight in which | mowing and gathering the hay himself. a partial famine prevails. —N. Y. Times. Good to Knew. A strong solution of extract of licor- | ice destroys the disagreeble taste of | aloes. Peppermint water disguises the nauseous taste of Epsom salts) Milk is a good abater of the bitter taste of Pe- ruvian bark, and cloves that of senna. Castor oil can not be tasted if beaten Drunkenness—Liquor Habit—In all! the World there is but one cure. Dr. Haines’ Golden Specific. It can be given in a cup of tea or cot- tee without the knowledge ot t taking it, effecting a speedy a nent cure, whether the patie tuat Hood’ | Y¥. Sun. his home here. had only two or three intervals of consciousness each very brief. doctors ure completely puzzled. Each time when he awoke he rec- ognized members of his family. appeared rational, but had no reali- zation of the he has been sleeping soundly. ing this time « have died, but t. teen line local puffs just to fill up you 5 Since then he has The He time he had been For more than three years Du- son and daughter the sleeper knows All manner of expe- dients have becn used to arouse Far- nan from his stupor. but without ef- Blisters have been placed on the back of his neck and head, but he did not even notice them. The editor who wrote the follow-| ing knew what he was talking aboat: Most editors are acquainted with the man who “takes more papers than he can read,” ccnsequently hasno use for his local paper. per published in Portland, Maine. It contains aH the latest news about “The Smugglers Last Cruise,” Adventures of Big Mose, the Bandit King,” and while he is storing his such He takes a pa- The information his wife is reading back number alma- But let him get into trouble he rushes to his local paper to help him out and be wants it bad. 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