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. a The World's Growth. Compiies for the Globe-Demecrat. Coffee was brought into Exgland in 164L. In 1885 the crop wee 718,- 006 tous. The power loom was invented in 1785. In 1885 Great Britian had 591,000 in operation In £580 the first carriage was! brought to England from Fvrauce. | In 188@ there were 463,000 in use. Locomotives were first used in 1814; now the world has 99.000 aud 6,400 more are built every year. The apple parer was given to the world in 2803 At the present day one eastern firm makes over 27,000 a day. ‘Lhe aniliae dyes were invented in 1826, and aow over $7,000,000 worth are annually used in the United States The first irou ship was launched in 1830; now the carrying power of the world’s iron shipping exceeds 36,000,000 tous Lightning rods first surmounted dwellings in 1752. Now every house is protected, each commonly having three or four. Dye woods were first brought to England in 1650. Last year the fac- tories of England alone used $10,- 000,000 worth. Playing cards were invented in 1830. It is estimated that the pres ent annual output exceeds 7,000,000 a year The bluet furnace was devised in 1842. In 1890 the United States alone made 9,000,000 tons of iron and 4,277,000 of steel Accordions were invented in 1829 by Mr. Damian. of Vienna, anda single German firm now manufac tures over 17,000 a year now. Tea was first brought into Europe from the east in 1610. Ia 1891 Europe and America consumed 450,- 000 000 pounds. Envelopes were first made in 1839 and sold for 10 cents to 25 cents a piece. They are now sold at from two to five for a cent. The first milech cow came to this continent in 1499. Now, in the United States there are 16,019,591, valued at $346,000,000. Watts’ patent for a steam engine was issued in 1769. The steam en- giue of the world today exercises 50,- 000,000 horse power. The bank of England, the first on the modern plan, was instituted in 1695; now the banking capital of the world is £3,197,000,000. Electric railroads are not ten years old; now there are 385 lines, with 4,980 miles of track, and with a cap- ital stock of $155,000,000. Blacking for boots was invented in 1836, and now the manufacturers in this couutry and England sell over $4,000,000 a year. The first horse was brought to this continent in 1518. Now there are in the United States alone, 14,056,750, valued at $941,000,000. Matches were first invented in 1839, and it is estimated that 75, 000,000 a day are burned by the people of the United States. Potatoes first appear in history in 1503. In 1892 the United States raised 201,000,000 bushels. In 1884 the world raised 79,000,000 tons. Pianos were invented in 1711. Competent authorities now declare that 300 are made during the hours of every working day in the year. Twenty five years ago electricity as a mechanical power was unknown now $900,000,000 are inyested in various kinds of electrical machin- ery. Lithographing was first made practical in 1801. It is at present so cheap that wall posters of almost any description can be executed at a triv ial price. The first practical sewing machine was invented in 1841. In 1888 there were 600,000 made in the United States, able to do the work of 7,200,- 000 women. The first horse railroad was made iu 1829. Now every country town has its street car line. and even Con-} stantinople and Jerusalem have such | facilities. Every passenger train on the con- tinent and many freyght trains are Peruvian bark, was discovered in 1820 Iv 1888 there were produced , 12,000.600 pounds of bark and 260,- | 000 pounds of quinine. | The first stexmship erossed the | Atlantic in 1818 There are now lreventy lines of mail steamers. In , 1888 there were 107.137 steam ves- sels on the high seas. | The first Bible was printed in |1450 Over 4,000 editions have been | printed since that date. Upto 1881 |the British and foreign society had | printed 91,000,000 copies. | Steel pens were first made in 1803. |The annual sales at present in the United States are estimated at 30, | 000.000 pens, while the world aunu- jally consumes 200,000.000. A wachiue for making tacks was patented in 1806, but not put into practical use until near the middle of the century. Now the world con- sumes 50,000,000 tacks a day The cottou gin, which wade ex tensive cultivation of cotton profita ble, was invented in 1793 The United States product in 1892 waa 9,031,707 bales, or 4,977,031,080 pounds : Window glass was first used in modern times in 1793. Now the con sumption of plate glass aloue ex ceeds 6,000,000 square feet in Eng- land and 9,000,000 in the United States. : Safety lamps, for the use of min ers, were patented in 1815. Now 20 mine is without them, and many laws have been passed requiring their use ic all underground mining operations. The first appearance of peanuts in mercantile history was a consignment of ten bags sent from Virginia to New York for sale in 1794. In 1892 the product was 2,600,000 bushels. Coal oil was first used as an illu minaut in 1826. The United States’ export of oil in 1889 exceeded in val- ue $45,000,000. In the same year the world produced 34,820,306 bar- rels. Handkerchiefs were first made for the market at Paisley, Scotland, in 1743, aud sold for about $1 each. Last year it is computed that 80,- 000,000 dozen were sold in the Unit- ed States The ice making machine was first put into operation in 1860; at the present day every brewery, every passenger steamer apd not a few restaurants and hotels make their own ice The first American savings bank was opened in 1778 at Philadelphia. In 1892 there were 4,781,605 depos- itors in the savings banks of this country, who had deposited $1,712,- 769.026 The first Sabbath school was in- stituted iu 1787. There are now in the United States 108,939 Sabbath sbhools, with 8,649,900 The world bas 20,078,595 school scholars. Vulcanized rubber was first made in 1849 by a process invented vy Goodyear. Itis now so plentiful and cheap as to be employed in hun- dreds of ways never dreamed of un- til the last few years. scholars. Sab bath 1837, and was considered a triumph of chemica! and mechanieal skill, ree quiring the utmost nicety for its ex- ecution. Now it is dune in every printing house United States about 1750 The world’s product in 1888 was estimat- ed at 2,271,000,000, bushels. The crop of the United States last year was 519,490,000 bushels, A Sound Liver Makes a Well Man Are you billious, constipated or trou- bled with Jaundice Sick Headache, Bad Taste in Mouth, Foul Breath, Coated Tongue, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Hot Dry Skin, Pain in back and between the Shoulders’ Chills and Fever, &c. If you have any of these symptoms your liver is out ot order, and your blood is slowly being poisoned, because your liver does not act properly. Herbine will cure any disorder of the Liver, ; Stomach or Bowels. It has no equal as a Liver Medicine. Price 75cts. Free trial bettles at H L Tucker*s drugstore 22-1 year Mangled by a Man's Teeth. | Omaha, Neb, | Frank, who is believed to be a mani | now equipped with air brakes, and | | doorstep to night and bit ber seveu- yet the air-brake was invented as re-| teen times. He spat out great quan- cently as 1859. The first lifeboat was launched i 1802. The United States now has, 242 lifesaving stations, and, since} 1871 the lifeboats on our coast have! saved 9,000 lives. Quinine, the active pricciple of | tities of the screaming woman's flesh | ud the sidewalk was covered with Electrotyping was first done in | Discovery tor Wheat was first exported from the | “Just Landed” 32 patterns of the latest works of art in Picture Frame Moldings Also a new lot of ROOM MOLDING Our line of CARPFTS, WALL PAPER, CHE- NILLE CURTAINS AND WINDOW SHADES has never been equaled in variety, beanty, quality or price, in Butler RUDENT PEOPLE REFER PERFECT AINTING which ia produced by the use of the Sherwin-Williams Co. and The Weider Prepared Paints The residences of H_ E. Percival, E S. Carrithers WE Walton, Joe McKib- ben, and very many others both in Bat jer and various parte of surrounding country, are monuments to its beauty, durability, ete. For sale by 0. W. Drummond Who has also the eomplateat line of white lead. oils, varnishes. brushes and Painters Supplies in general in Bates county. Here is alsothe place to get your WINDOW GLA ‘eden’t sell at cost or below cost, but will promise to cat the margins very ‘close if ean will call on us. 1 Block North of Post Office. | sovereign specific. Listen! Listen! Our house is fall. Weare making Prices Cheaper Than Ever- We have moved into cheaper and bet- ter quarters and will give our Cus- tomers the benefit of it. A $30 Bedroom Suit at $22 A $28 Bedroom Suit at $20 A $20 Bedroom Suit at $18 THESE ARE Another Currency Scheme. | Washington, D. C, April 13—A) bill introduced in the Senate by) Senator Peffer to day requires the | 1 Secretary of the Treasury to issue | $250,000,000 of treasury notes to be| used to meet all the expenses of the government and to be loaned to, States, counties, towns and individ. i uals on proper security and without | interest. The bill also prohibits the sale of lands of any description and | forbide any one person owning wore than 100 acres. This is getting down to hard pan and populist ideas of finance Sup pose we all join Coxey'’s army and quit work and look tothe govern- ment for support. “Am 1! Married or Not?” asked Mr. A. despondently, “I de- clare my wife is so nervous and irri- table that I don’t stay in the house a moment longer than I can help. My home isn’t what it used to be.” “Mrs. A. is suffering from some func tional derangement, I presume,” said Mr. B. “Yes, she has been an invalid for years.” ‘Exactly. Her experience is that of my wife, but she was cured by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion. Get this remedy for Mrs A., and the happiness of your homes will soon be restored.” Mr. B was right. For prolapsus, painful peri ods, irregularities—in short, all “complaints” peculiar to the female sex—the “Favorite Prescription” 18 Rupture, or Hernia, permanently cured, or no pay. For Pamphlet and reference address, World’s dis pensary Medical Associatior, Buffa lo, N ¥. Death In the Flames. Janesville, Minn., April 15.—At 6 o'clock this morning the residence of August Krink, three miles west uf here, was burned, and three children Martha, Augusta and Edith, aged respectively 10, 8 and 6, perished in the fire. Their charred bones were found in the ruins of the house this i Those — _~ Pimples ae tell- 3 sym a that your blood ities, causing ey Tena tile emp complexion. A few bottles of S. 8. S. will remove all foreign at sapere matier, cleanse the bl ores, y, and give a clear and rosy complerion. [tis most effect- ual, and entirely harmless. Chas. Heaton, 73 Laurel Street, Phila., says: “T have had for yearsa humor in aes which made me dread to shave, as small pa would be cut, — ae shaving to} agreat annoyance. A ‘three botties Be fatal car and smooth as shocid‘ eapeae sekade well a fs ePike ranning 2 poreeeseet teal vat “SS. Treatise on blood and ne iled free.‘ SWIFT SPECIFIC co. hee Ga. e| 3 Nature's Remepy FOR fs" Liver Compcaint ( Scuencn’s| Manorake { LiverPius) ‘treourt Pacific Time Tabse Arrival and departure of passenger trains at Butler Station. NortH Bounp Passenger. - : 4:47 a.m. Passenger, : = 2 p.m. Passenge-, - Q: Local Fivight + 11:20 a.m. Sovru Bounp Passenger, : - 7:16 a. m. rassenger, - - t:s5 pm. Passenger, = > 9:55 Dm. Local Freight - 1:55 pom. i Something New The Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf railroad is now open and ready for both passenger and freight traffic from all stations on its line between Sulphur Springs, Ark., Neosho and Joplin, Mo., Pittsburg, Kan., and Kansas City, ¥ fo. If you are going to Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, orany point north hortheast or east, or to Denver, Og- den, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland or any point in the west afternoon. The fire originated from a defective chimney. The father was away and the fire half consum ALL NEW GOODS And never before in Butler, have such goods been seld at these prices. IT WILL PAY YOU TO INSPECT THEW We have aleo added to our stock A LINE OF SAMPLES ——Oe—— Ingrain & Tapestry Carpets Look at them before buying Remember the place. North Main St. One ia North Old P. 0. Building JM. CAMPBELL, Manager. No Help for It. Mr. Binks —*I don't like the looks of that young man who calls to see Clara " Mrs Biuks —“He looks exactiy as you did when you first came to see me ™ “Was I any such dude as that?” “Yes, you were, and yet I married you, in spite of all my parents could say; and [ am afraid that, in spite of all we can say, our Clara will now be jjust as big a fool as I was.—New York Weekly All Free. 4 Those who haye used Dr. King’s New Consumption know its value, and those who have not, have now the opportunity to try it tree. Callon the advertised druggist and get a trial bottle tree. Send your name and ad- dress to H E Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get asamp!e box of New Lite Pills free, 2s well as a copy of Guide to Health and Household Instructor tree. All ot which is guaranteed ta do you good and cost you nothing. HL Tuck- er’s drugstore. “Pap you're right” said one of Bill Nicholson's children rushing to the house last Wednesday, ‘Cleveland is bustin’ up the country! burned down our He's just school house” years ago. ruining us every day. Aud the lodge music organ was burned too?” “No, we saved 1t from the wreck” replied the young hopeful. And the books I writ about this being A Nation of William. “Saved too, Pap!” “Well, sighed Bill —Paolo, What Is a Guarantee? 1 Itisthis. If vou have a cough or cold, a tickling in the throat, which keeps you constantly coughing, or if you are afflicted with any chest, throat ‘blood. Nearly all the flesh was act- ually torn from the woman’s face by | the ferocious man’s teeth. He held | her in his arms while tearing her | feeb. There was nothing to provoke j the affair. or lung trouble whooping cough, &c., and you use Ballard’s Horeheund Syrup as directed, giving it a tair trial, and ne benefitis experienced, we authorize our advertised agent to retund your money on return of bottle. It never fails to ive satistaction. It never disappoints. ice soc. Sold by H L Tucker, drug- gist. “Why of course, I predicted it ten} This administration is| Slaves?” nervously inquired Populist | well, bad as it is, we still have some | chance to arouse the people and save | — April 17.—Rosse| the country,” i(Kan.) Spirit. jac, attacked Mrs Frank West on ber | ed the building before it was discov- ered. In her efforts to rescue the children the mother was badly burn- ed. Bucklen’ 8 Arnica Salve, The Best Salve inthe world for Cute Bruises,Sores, Ulcers, SaltRheum Fever Sores, Tetter,Chapped Hands, Chiblains Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi- tively cures Piles, or no pay required. I is guaranteed to give pertect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cts per boxt For sale by H. L_ Tucker, druggist. Sensational Suicide. Washington, D C, April 15 —J. Cooper McGinn committed suicide in a sensational manner this after- noon. He was talking with friends in the national hotel and, walking outside, sat down ona truck, drew arevolver and shot himself. Mr McGinn was well known in this city He was a writer of some prominence for the various local papers and an authority on sporting matters, and especially fishing. He was an Elk and a member of the national capi tal press club. Of late he had grown despondent and was seldom seen among his former associates. A cup of Parks Tea at night moves the bowels in the morri+g without pain or discomfort.—Soid by H_ L. Tucker. What author bas written the most perfect picture of a battle in the English language? Lord Wolseley says that high honor belongs, not to any of his counirymen, but to the American Captain Charles King, in- | Stancing Captain King’s description of the cavalry fight of Gettysburg, in “Between the Lines.” With equal truth it may be said that no one has written so well about life at West Point as Captain King in the story called “Cadet Days,” in which that delightful “Corporal Pops” re jappears. ‘It has just been aunounc ed in book form by Harper & Broth jers “Your free trade theories,” the argumentative citizen, are all right when you don't try to put them in practice. said jeffect the mere apprehension of free trade has had. See how it closed ithe factories, threw thousands of men out of employment, iocked up the currency and filled the land with distress. It is responsible wore than anything else for bringing that crank Coxey to the front.” ~Coxey?” said the Dartvard Col- jlege professor of political science, blinking at him in a bewildered way over his spectacles, “who's Coxey?” — Chicago Tribune | | Chicago, . I, April 12.—Wheat |buils were thrown into a vertible | panic directly after the board opened this morning. The near approach of the May de- remarkabie Me livery day. along with the fact that eae gars traky er the storm center is now moving down from Western Nebraska into the drought districts of Western Kansas, the bulls took away all the courage the bulls had. They tried to sell wheat but they found some — just been there before em. Bat see what an| and northwest, give the new line a trial. Magnificently equipped pas- senger train daily through to Kansas City without change, connecting with lines from Kansas City to all points, insuring the traveler quick time, low rates and excellent accommodations. Merchants are requested to remem- ber this line in giving routing orders | 3rd, Cheap Holiday Excursion Rates Kan- sas City Pittsburg Galf R. R. Round trip excursion tickets will he sold December 28rd, 24th, 25th, 30th and 31st, 1893 and January Ist 189% with final limit for return to January 1894 between all stations on this line at ONE BARE for round trip. Take advantage of this liberal rate and visit your friends, nearest Agent of the Company will give your furth- er information if desired. JAMES DoONOHUK, Gen’l Pass. Agt., Kansas City, Mo. WANTELD- ¢} IORRNS a EGGS. De drop in and see N. M. Nestle: rode at Virginin. Mo He will give you the tighest market price for chickens, eggs and hides. Also takes subscriptions ‘o the Butler Weekly Tiss, at $1 00 per year and as agent is anthorzed to collect and receipt for the paper. Netsos M. Nestigkop. CB. LEWIS & CO Proprietor of kilk Horn Stables for freight shipments, as the expedi- tious and careful handling of all con- signments will be guaranteed. For additional information, call on near- est agent of the company, or address the undersigned, Gen. Fr'ght & Pass. A t, Kansas City, Mo. HAIR BALSAM tec ast beautifies the hair. bi or Fails to jestare Hair to its Zouthful geist. Cures se ‘scalp diseases & hair falling. ‘B0c, and $1.00 at_D Having purchased the Elx Horn barn and l.ivery outfit ot J. W Smith, and having added to the same a number of first-class Buggies, and horses, I can say to the public that I now have the Best Liverv Barn In southwest Mo. Horses and mules bought and sold, or stock handled on commission, Stock bearded bs the day week or month, With 16 years exper- ience Mr Lewis teels able to compete with anv Livery barn in this section, Call ard tee him cB LEWIS & CO renic gh, Weak Lange, Dette, Tnorgestion, Pain, Take in time. 00 cus HINDERCORNS. ‘The only sure cure for Corns. ‘at Druggists, or HISCOX & CO., N. ¥. chester’a English Dias Feii(@GVAt Pits arc, c calveye rable SADIEe, ask Dragglst for Calchester ‘Brand ‘atelier for r Ladies.” te Letter, by returm 1,000 Testimonials. Name Paper. Chicheater © hemicul Co,Madison eid by ath Lucu! Deugaiats PalieassPa” BREAKFAST—SUPPER, EPPS’S GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. COCOA BOILING WATER OR MILK. ook sCotton Root COMPOUND. A recent discovery by an old physician. Successfully used ly by ‘Ladies, 1s the only perfectly safe and reliable medicine dis- covered. Beware of unprincipled druggists who Offer inferior medicines in place of this. Ask for Cook’s Cotton Root Compound, take no substt- tute, or inclose $1 and 6 cents in postage in letter and we will send, sealed, by return mail. Fullsealed particulers in plain envelope, to ladies only, 2 stamps. Address Pond Lily Com No. 3 Fisher Block, Detrol Sold in Butler and everywhere, by all druggists. thousands of — a it is corain jn fs caccs end docs nck SY RENDALL'S.$P: SPAVIN CURE. ‘apmde, Omio, Jan. 3th, 1. acbone of ink, Los Da BJ. Kewpatz Co. Gents >I tried ihe, denirgd eet ped Sravre Cree.” Sait boctis 0 a Bprain ca 2 “is co, SOLD BY ALL DEUGGI®TS. TRADE MARKS, DESICN PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, et onieras and free Handbook write to & Co 361 ee EE NEW Armenia, taken out by bn is ic by a notice given free of charge ta Cy ‘be Sientific American worlay, Shien dt ii ee oa Tosi fe slant estates UBLISHERS, 361 ‘Broadway, New Bare, Prowpt, Positive OZMANLIS Fear ORIEN TAL feat SEXUAL Geena Snecial Directions Matled witheach Box. Address Snow C., 2019 Lucas Ave. ST.LOUIS, - MO. WILCOX COMPOUND ANSY@ PILLS ee aND es Wileox ‘Compe Nervousness, Self Mm with Direct Lines | Fast Time |] Elegant Pullman Service Reclining Chair Cars (<2) TO ‘ST. Louis | CHICAGO Cae me ~— WORLD'S Faifi ASK Sasa soothes Your Siautanes a tae pea t “Missouri Pacific Ry.” H. C. TOWNSEND, Ceneral Passenger and Ticket Agent, ST. LOUIS. i ; | |

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