The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 10, 1896, Page 3

iD | Dp RRRRRLRR RAPP RDP P RRR DDD PPR RRPRPRPRP-DPRPR RPP Cann A is one thing you cannot fp without, and that is CLAIRET TE 1 SOAP, it brings rest, comfort and ese to women the whole year we N. E. Fairbank Company, St. Louts. A LETTER FROM CHINA. Ul Interestin Letter Drom Earl D. Sims, wailer Boy, the Grand Canal, near Tientsin, (ios, June 30th, 1896. 1) the TIMES, Butler, Mo fellow Citizens:—The last time I Distothe Times, I was at Tai er- pg, attending a sick brother of mission, who has now been re dto health. As Rev. T. L. Jock was eighty miles from any ysician, We took him in acot to wiv, which took us five days, a8 did not travel very fast. The done him much good and by the wearrived at Ichowfu he was puch improved that I soon felt to leave him and proceed on to hisn-fu, where, after about six of travel, alone in a wheelbar- ,Larrived June 3rd, tired, dirty 4 worn out. Taian fu is to be my future home work, and I was delighted to It is at the foot of old Tai san ntain—one of the sacred moun- of China—where thousands of deuch a healthy location. ims come annually to worship. Thursday June 11th, I again left hianfu, in company with Miss Divers, to visit at Tientsin, hioa, for the purpose of being mar- iin the presence of the United Consul. Travel in the interior China on such an occasion is em musing in many ways and reminds of days long ago recorded in story. A Chinese bridegroom never his bride till they are married das we try to live as the Chinese Mo, Mrs. Crawford carefully instruct- me, that during the entire jour- to Tientsin I must not look at iss Divers, but in this instruction fear I often times failed to comply. We had a very pleasant trip. Miss one -barrow and myself and a ser- on another barrow and thus we Part of time our barrows were pulled by ys. These wheel barrows are and the baggage oa led for five long days. Wonderful means of trayel in China, about six feet long and on side of the wheel a bed and sleep on the way. At night we would stop in inns The firat Sunday from Tai-nu fu we stopped in Our dining was a dirty small room. A bh board table, two stools for anda mud cong completed So our athad himself prepared our and as we had no door to close Way, we had quite a crowd of women and children,who stood (To see & lemen aud lady eat together is a sight in China as the ladies do Mthave as good food as the men 80 we excited special attention.) Attiving at Dai-chow we were mind houses ) aieerable mud house. furniture of the room. to watch us eat. in on the Grand Canal and afte ing a good boat we were soon I have toward Tientsir. you cap afternoon the 20th. The ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Mission invited Miss Divers to their home and Rev. G. R. Davis invited me to | his home, and we were married at! the ladies home on Thursday even-| ing the 25th. My wedding suit was a long| Chinese robe of dark blue flowered silk, a short upper garment of dark | red silk, almost black, trowsers very light blue silk, white stockivgs, blue and black Chinese shoes and a little | black cap with a big blue silk button | on the top. Mrs. Sims was dressed light blue silk skirt, trimmed in | black satin; an upper garment of dark blue flowered silk also trimucd in black, white stockings and pretty Chinese embroidered slippers of light green and gold gilt. Friday morning at caylight we started on our trip. Our boat is very nice and comfortab'e, having three rooms to o ina very return selves, § bed room, a dining room and a sit ting room, each about six feet long by seven feet wide. The papered and clean and about six ‘ot tall having good windows This is the means of travel on the Canal. The boats are propeiled by wind, or if there is no wind,then stow Chinese pull the boat from the bank We hope to arrive at Dai chow to- morrow and then set out again on wheel barrows for our future home and work at Tai an tu,where we will make our home for tbe present with Rey. aud Mrs. Crawford. I have traveled hundreds of miles inthe intericr of China and have seen nothing but heathen temples and idols, except here and there perbaps over two hundred miles apart, I would meet a little band of missionaries telling the people of my Lord and Master. You can not conceive of the dense population of this Ewpire’ The daily death rate at the lowest com- putation averages twenty-four thous- and, or at least one thousand an hour. Let us hasten on to our quiet aod busy work at Tai-an fu where one hundred thousand human beings dwell within, or around the five miles circuit of its ancient walls. Very sincerly, “In my Masters Work” Eart D. Siva, A Butler Boy. PREPARE FOR HARD WINTER. 8 are Prophet Swann Says it Will Be Long and Cold, Wichita, Kan., Sept. 1—Joseph C. H. Swann, the “Sage of the White-water,” widely known for his correct forecasts of the St. Louis cyclone and other meterological phenomena, makes the following prediction for 1897: “The winter will be avery long Blizzards will be on hand High- ways and railroad will be blockaded no little, all to be followed by much rainfall and high water most of the year. Sow no more wheat this fall »|than you need for seed in 1897. Sow in constalks if possible. Cut off no fodder; neither let the stock in stalk fields unless you want to go into the skinning business. “Do not be in haste to get in spring crops. Oats will be an as- sured crop if well put in and cared for. Plant large and late varieties of corp, planting thin. Wet weather will be your trouble. Take the best | Ci CASH, CHICKENS, EbGS, BUTTER : E | and cold one, with much snow in all} localities where snow is a factor. | AL MCBRIDE & CO. tS wat ws bors at Springfield, Til =a jane a ph “WE TELLS ABOUT HIS NOMINATION. jesse GRANT Jo Groceries, Hardware, Stoves, Qo, sss eee Greeting to all Cash Buyers of NS THE POPULISTS. } i v. MeRin- sewall Makes a Speech. Maes oN We are here as we have been for many years, and expect to and will give | you as many (or more) goods for the same money as any other house in the | peers lity. We are not importers, but buy sour sg00ds as cheap as anyone in the | Jon M. i City and intend to keepgnothing but for or STRICTLY FIRST CLASS GOODS and withfour experience of twenty-five yearsin the grocery business and | On the know that we know the best brands of go0Gs, also know what they are} bash r: worth in the market and atthe inside price, and the inside price is what | tor Pa we pay for them. It is not necessary to advertise}prices for other parties to | duplicate, but we ask youto come in with your | or infact auything that you have for sale and we will give you as much for | tas the market will bear, in justice to ourselves as well as you. addressed t | Palmer X QUR LINE OF HARDWARE: is complete in everything, from a sewing awl toa cook stove, Our line of dried fruit were bought in Sanfrancisco, shipped direct to us and are strict- ly fancy. Our coffees are the best in the City, come and try them and you! will be convinced, tell the truth ‘‘so with all onr lines.” ~ Only try them and you will be satisfied. sit hes | We Guarantee everything we sellto be as Represented | Suffice it to say we will duplicate any legitimate price quoted. We do not} blow our horn bnt will leave the matter with our customers to determined | whether we do a legitimate business or not. Come in and be convinced. Very respectfully yours, A. L. McBRIDE & Co. North side square, Butler Missouri. : d R ¢ Mr. Grant has been a resident of Diego for sev He has lar, l years Mchinleyism. The MeKinleyiem which the St. Twenty Years Proof. Louis Globe Democrat called “a relie | Tutt's Liver Pills keep the bow- of barbarism, a survival of the Dark | elsin naturalmotionand cleanse Ages, political heresy, economie | the sytem of all impurities An lunacy and Chinese statesmanship” i : in 1894, is all thieand more, in 1896. absolute cure for sick headache, The tariff question is not in issue. ; dyspefsia, sour stomach, con- The efforta of McKinley and Hanna | stipaticn and kindred diseases. to force it to the front of political) . melas ront of political “Can't do without them” discussion have failed. BicKunley | ae S admits the failure in his letter of ac )R. P. Smith, Chilesburg, Va. i ceptance when he abandons bis old | writes | don’t know how I could attitude of defiance of Europe and)do witiout them. I have had his declaration of war against En. | glish systems of government and finance to assert that we area tribu tary people; to contend that we are neapible of si) government, and that we cannot establish a fivancial syetem without the consent of En- gland and the Continental Powers. The McKinley of 1894 was a bul ly. The one of 1896 is a coward. McKinleyiem two years ago was all the Globe Democrat termed it. Now | itis even less worthy of respect|. _. : for the sacrifice of all ei most or institutin under which Bourke G Cockran delivered his Madison ous qualities and the surrender of | Square Carden speech returned to atgimost wee ee aie waa New Yor City yesterday from the leyism is sometimes false and some- : | tour of tie state. He ret the Re times weak and often false and | : : i weak.—St. Louis Post Dispatch. | publican aud gold bug ¢ emocrats interests here, art in publi | provoked proto convention, HOSTS TO Visit MRI Caxton, 0., Sept. 5.—T tions of vis s coming to delega- anton to Pittsburch y promise to s anything ‘The county ingent was to urrive at the Fort tion at nso e «. Seven- teen hundred tickets ba eady been }sola to those who ia 1 coming. ator M.S. Quay v L probability head the delecation. The Pittsburgh people will not arrive antil the after- noon. Advices reesivei at the Fort Wayne ticket o Pittsburgh are to the effect that seven trains of 8 coaches each already assured. Over 5,000 tickets ha been sold from there. The first train will arrive at 2:30 o'clock. The visitors will all re- turn home in the evening. MR. BRYAN IN CHICAGO. CuicaGo, Sept. 5.—Mr. Bryan spent some time yesterday afternoon with Chairman Jones, reviewing his letter of acceptance of the nomination of the silver party, of which he will be formally notified at Lincoln on ‘Tues- day. Mr. Bryan left this morning for Milwaukee, where he will make two speeches, on the nort h and south sides respectively. He will remain over in the Cream City as the guest of Edward C. Wall, democratic national commit- teeman for Wisconsin, returning Mon- day morning early to Chicago, and leaving at 5:30 p. m. for Lineoln. Ar- rangements have n completed whereby Mr. Bryan wills at St Louis, September 12; L« September 14, and Lexington, September 15. WILL NOT WITHDRAW. The Commercial n McKinley from Reaver county toc exceed in point yet touchi good will After three cheers for Senator Pal-| mer the crowd disperse } LI HUNG CHANG BANQUETED. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. L Chang was enter night by ex-S W. Foster, the gue members of the c ing gener other of ne witnessed Veaver Sen- ce from Liver Jisease for over twenty years. Am now entirely cured. Tutts Liver Pills A G¢LD MAN’S ESTIMATE. bE dife- notables in a re the Arlington, dinner was given at three large parlors beinz used for the oceasion. The decorations were of the most elabc character, the tables show ican Bez nese a eombining the c the count rine band v are long asters, Chi- iden rod ferns, thus acteristic colors of Ss. e ted States as statione!in one of the parlors, and through the ingenuity of Conductor Fansuilli, p weil as At Tois limeBrvan Would Carry New York by 100,000- Wastington, Sept. 2 —Colonel Jonn Bryne. the chairman of the New Yor Sound Money league, the ed Chinese as American airs i pieasure of Li Hung ¢ and company at the vi ‘o the national minent ci regretted that his public duties made his stay so , Chang responded by pital = | in a flurry by declaring tbat if the] 7, ee ee = Two Lives Saved. | election ame off now Bryan would Mrs Pbhwbe Thomas, of Junction | carry Nev York by 100,000 major City, Til, was told by her doctors | ity. Tertimony of this kind from = ge hia = push a | an ardert McKinley man anda bitter as no ho} . | tles of Dr. Kine’s New Discover. 1 OP Oo oteBuyeny my a Seah a ee Y | considerng. Mr. Byrne said that completely cured her and she says it | a a f = f h aineniin Mr. Thomas Eggers \nearly al of the farmers 0} northern cenicsiamnen pre San Fra ae land cental New York, irrespective é rida St. nD , suf- | ee peas 2 fered from a dreadful cold, ap: | of party ifiliations, were going to proaching consumption, tried with-| vote for 3ryan. out result everything else then) Theres no serious danger of any — one snryes = Dr. _— New southernstates. Tae soath will re iscovery and in two weeks WAS | maj p ding to all reports, cured. He is naturally thankful. It RON Ue ee ae is such results of which these are ‘ ee samples, that prove the wonderful 90d Marjane. New ¥« Advert se the followi K, Sept. | yesterday morning printed ARTHUR SEWALL )ENT CLEVELAND STILL SILE Mass., Sept. 5 to the made at anapolis ions DAMAGED BY HAIL. | Ten Thousand Panes of Glass Broken at Weir Cit including Kentucky, North Carolina care of all the feed you have this fali having it convenient. Provide shelt- er for self and stock, and do not fer- get the suffering hungry and poor of our land” Yhere is nothing to prevent apy- one concocting a mixture and eslling it “sarsaparilla,” and there is noth ing to prevent anyone spending good mohey testing the stuff; but prudent people who wish to be sure of their r | remedy,take only Ayers Sarsaparilla and so get cured. efficacy of this medicine in Coughs j | Were Crry, Kan. worst jand Colds. Free trial bottles at H. | ses 4 : se * _..| hailstorm ever known here occurre L. Tucker's drug store. Regular ie & ld. Jecea | Yesterday evening. "The glass in every size 50c and $1. 42-4¢ : 2 See business house but three on the south side of Main street suffered either to- tal or partial loss. Every residence }. The heaviest loss was sus- iat St. Anthony's church, nearly i-glass windows er The city has 6,000 ople, and there are not less than 10 After the election in 1892, the lead- For Infants and Children. jing republican organ in Missouri, | aan : eae | the Globe Democrat, delivered itself | as. (7 G ae omy, | ¢ Z rapper. as follows: ‘The Republican party | - 4 Liledett was beaten becuuse it had taken a> >» James. possi < gang who he 3.—Dr- | traitor. a | “St. Jaeph, Mo., Sept. wrong position on some of the lead- | Daniel MDonald, President of the ing questions of national concern.|y, Wf. }. A. and member of the | It was wrong on the federal election | whole sab firm of Kemper. Hudley | ean L matter; it was emphatically and fa ;& McDonld, committed suicide this | sion \tally wrong on the tariff. The pass- Failed to Agree Wrens, W. Va.. | democrats and populi | ginia have tailed to me, after 36 hours refused to support ‘A St. Joseph Man Honored. s of West Vir- » ona fusion effort. gi se | popalists ing officers wer morn bysbooting himself. H. Brett. He was | follow dent, W. led over many thousands of in this world having visited twenty different nations, but yet have I seen anything to this Grand Canal. at of ancient civilization it can tly be conceived as such a canal this day would be a grand under- g. Lhave been almost across Chinese Empire and been most of the time tisnavigable for 2,000 miles and ra the entire Empire. We arrived at Tientsin, g ia eS | promined in religious aud business : | circles, aid his suicide created great) Lert osep ns Spring Valley,Ill., Sept. 3 —Louis | aoe of the McKinley law in 1590. Wilson of Neponset, a small village | was the greatest blunder committed | surprise. No cause for the act is! * Wook of this city, this caer shot | by any party since the democratic | given. and killed his wife and child and lerime of secession. This thing call | ae Are youBillious, conszipated or trou- i icide. Jealousy is sup- ct : a } Tae a. ss yan se ae |ed McKinleyism—this advance of | yAs dir aundice, Sick Headache, bad| _ , posed to A% the bottom of the | quties on articles which have been | taste in th mouth, foul breath, costed | Bane et 1 } : : + t spepsi ni 5s an: pio baaan Sona ‘on the dutiable list from the third | Sates aie Leckand between red A Removal. \of acentury toa century—have been | shoulders ee and tever, &c. If you) » <e pleasure in announcing that) | have any if these symptoms, your liver) wat ates this oat Parks Sure cure will re- | condemned finally and eternally by | fs out of adder and your blood is siowly | y move all traces ot rheumatism, kidney | the people. If the Republican party | being poioned because your liver does | ivi i : . . a not act poperly. Herbine will cure Se S _—. and liver complaint trom the }js to win any victories in the future | P pene liver, Stomach or bowels | : toi . 2 2 = | disorder ¢ ee ie Re pees ee it must drop McKinleyism immedi | {thas no qual as aliver medicine. Price} Say. Parts sure cure is sold by H.2L. ately and permanently, and send all | 75 cents. Free trial pottles at/lH. L.|, Tncker, Ges 1¥| prought the men who cling to it to the rear.” fuckers dugst re- t Watson Cole. \ bee | | | | As a mon- the canal near me. Saturday ew r Reservoir. The Missou atic candidate for surrender electoral Watts, the democ | governor. and ould Watson for Sewall on the ticket. tates fers j Left Bryan Off the Programme. — | ‘Topexa, Kan. tept 5.—The comm t- tee in charge of the arrangements for the Topeka carnival omitted the name of William from the official | programme. and the democrats and | populists are making a fass about it. | ‘The committee claims that it was 2 sue a corrected pro- not @ of the M. E. church Mo.. refused to restore the credentials of Lev. M. Jor- { i i I «san iceanirmiimmstrniendoesngersnsaissinn tt penguin conan is aa