The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 23, 1897, Page 5

HUMOROUS. ¥ “Your friend Owen seems to agg pun into debt pretty dee: ».” He— Map into debt? He scorched.”—Yon- fatesman. MBs important eption.—Indolent ¢ {reading the paper)—“Dey sell i everyting on de installment plan ) days.” Dry Dugan — “E peer —Puck. Another Thrust. — She— ‘“eten here—the average wou Seeabulary of only 5,000 word: fe; but remember—she use ‘Before a man is 30 he ith every pretty girl he jooks “And after he falls in love with ever) Jooks at him.”—Chicago Record. =A Lucky Man.—Spriggs—‘Hello, “qd man, I'm awfully glad to see you in. I heard that the doctors gave Bowles—"Yes Vd hadn and guess —Cle: Wyckoff—“So your uncle 4 was 85 years old when he died. Did he _petain full possession of his faculties ‘ m Parker—"I—er—really couldn't ay The will hasn’t been read yet.”— its. ‘Lack of Coordination.—‘John, you t to buy a whole barrel of flour. getting higher every day.” “Iknow is, Maria, and I have been surprised that it doesn't have a more buoyant ef- fet on your biscuits.”—Chicago Trib- | Positive —“We have parted ger,” said the young man, sadly. “She | enever going to write to me again.” ire you sure of that?” asked his etic friend. “Yes. She told m “fn each of her last three Washington Star. for- m- letters.”— A RIGHT ROYAL ROBE. Made of Rare Feathers for the Ruler of the Sandwich Islands. a A million dollars seems round sum to pay fora probably even Worth ne asking so fabulous a pr elaborate of his garr the National museum a cloak the cost of which reckoned at , thi and ladies it was not z was guilty of su gance, pretty and ned of e for the most nd yetin é er dr 1in public on tead of th pury n ore civilized pote loaks of bril fei e ladies of for to content the feather-l known lars were mz and black feathe small birds pecul islands, alle r to the Sandy and from their nT yellow feat! red, yellow wi ; and the more re yellow w honey-sucke leven in those days were scarce than t the fashionable col powerful the cbief t his robe of state. Thes were found only on two or three specie of birds, the finest coming from a bird called in the » “*mamo,” and known fica by ornitholog These _ bire black-and-yellow plum dear to the hearts of the Hawaiian mon- | archs as they might be to-day to the | hearts of patriotic Princeton students s ds, with their striki v re Historical Data.—Chicazo Teacher |] and were sought for far and near Pp =“In what year did Columbus land?” | throughout the islands. The populace : (No answer). Teacher—“Come! | paid poll-taxes in golden feathers i a Can't any of you tell?” Bright Boy—]| stead of golden dollars, and as each bird “I don’t remember the exact year,| furnished but a few feathers, the taxes am, but it was before the fire.”—N. Y. ly. —He Reads the vy comes it that your shirt is on ? Have you been swimming oy Son investigating committee, I. simply ie’s Weekly. of New York State. Every few miles there were open red- d pavilions built over the highways refuges for man and beast from the thing sun of one season and the ses — picturesque therings en, women and children, and d fowls, fruits, nuts, veget: gir, spices, gums and f £ g£ tt area. The main road w » the way like a city street S these passers the highw with voices. y a ct nd.tc 000,000 people on nd of 49,1 quare miles, about the sees the people trooping along these ‘Yated, how even in the benevolent land of the banana every one must produce ) something; must work or starve. Men | and boys toiled to the passer, bent over with the weight of one or two mon- /strous jackfruits or durians on their p backs. A woman with a baby swinging in the slandang over her shoulder had tied cackling chickens to the back of her belt, and trudged on comfortably under her umbrella; and a boy slung a by brace of ducks from cach end of a shoul- der-pole, and trotted gayly the | passer. | Ss The kampongs, or villages, when not *hidden in palm and plantain groves be- hind fancy bamboo fences, were rows of open houses on each side of the high- Way, and we reviewed nature life at leisure while the ponies were changed. The friendly, gentle little brown peo- ple welcomed us with amused and em- barrassed smiles when our curiosity as to sarong-painting, lacquering and mat-weaving carried us into the family circle. The dark, round-eyed, sta eyed babies and children showed no fear or shyness, and the tiniest ones— their soft little warm brown bodies of ever a garment save the cotton slandang in which they cuddle so con- fidingly under the mother's protecting arm—let us lift and carry and play with them at will.—Eliza Ruhama Seid- More, in Century to & A Favorite Occupation. In England, as elsewhere in the world, good-behavior convicts and those whose terms are soon to expire are put at work that is lighter, clean- er and generally more pleasant than that which the less favored unfortu- nates have to do. Mowing hay with the Old-fashioned scythe is one of the choice occupations in the early summer with those of England’s wards who are | deemed available material for extra consideration. Still mowing with the armed ¢ vored few, as over the unjust an trusty.—Collier's Weekly. t tT; he means to give “Don’t be Service offic good weat “Then why “Well man to erawer."- SO severe on the 1c tl u know how itis fora bu he way they t know what a good "—Detroit News. Papers.—Mother— mg-side-out and one stocking miss- Well, mother, if you're going to be n't remember anything about it.”— d-burst showers of the rainy half mpted one to linger and enjoy, and to otograph every foot of the passer’s as crowded all ud around hummed One can believe in the density of the this size of the state of New York—when he ‘country roads; and he can well under- stand why every foot of land is culti- a Seythe is not at all easy work, and | s watch over these fa- are al- |} inay be considered as having been hig Some estimate of the value of the feathers may be formed from the prices paid in later times, when a piece of nankeen cloth valued at a dollar and a half was the equivalent of five feath- ers; but, after all, the great element in the cost of these clouks was time labor, since the making of a cloak required from 59 to 100 years. As the feathers obtained for taxes were very far from supplying the de- mand, the chiefs were accustomed to employ a regular staff of bird-catchers, much as a medieval baron had his staff of faleoners. These skilled foresters prepared a sort of bird-lime from the gum of the fragrant “olay with the juice of the bre: and with it smeared the branches of the flowering trees frequented by the honey kers.—Frederic A. Lucas, in & ,” mixed Ifruit tree, SU St. Nicholas. EXPERT EXAGGERATION. Gift of Manchanosen Rivaled by Ro- mantic Lady Middleton. The nobility easily takes rank among story tellers. Baron Monchausen, of course, stands first, with Sir John Fal- staff a good second, and now comes Lady Middleton, a very good third. The noble lady has written for an English periodical publication an ac- count of some remarkable discoveries of lost property. In one case a valu- able ring was lost. Years afterwards, when a floor was removed, the jewel was found wedged tightly around the neck of the skeleton of a mouse. The ring had fallen through a crack in the floor. The mouse, half-grown at the time, had thrust its head into it, had thus been caught, and had grown until it was strangled. Another case: A gentleman shot and wounded a sand-piper, which, flutter- ing across a pond, was seized and de- voured by a pike. That afternoon the sportsman’s brother, while fish the pond, caught a pike in whose s ach was found the identical sand-piper. Another case: A lady who was visit- ing a relative lost a ring. after, while visiting the same pe * then living in a far distant locality, she slipped her hand thoughtlessly into a recess of the chair she was sitting in and found the m other sing ring. A lady supped at a one of the golden spoons ged, v own to her, in one of the pockets med by the plaits on the front of her dress. The follow ore in pr tion to the queen, she w the As she bent in ccur- tesying the plait opened and out fell the mi g spoon at her sove feet.—N. Y. World. Artstoerat ang Democrat in France. It is difficult for Americans to under- stand the march of political events in France, and their details, because they los ight of the struggle between the aristocrat and the democrat. One must have been a spevtator of this struggle to comprehend its effects. Many of those who 1 have monarchical be- liefs will only admit that the great rural proprietors, or at most the great industrial agnates and th an have the prete country. The doctor, a jo 1 wyer, em abs doctor, th y with! in Centu The World's Wheat Wins. The wheat king of the wo to Argent grant named G aeres are situated in | province of Buenos Ayres. occupies an area of numbers his workmen by the thou-| sand, and each one receives a certain share of the p When his sea- | son’s crop is harve | railway trucks w | Chronicle. i s zoologi | Mexican coin. j from a SCHOOL AND CHURCH. —Spurgeon’s tabernacle still holds an important place in London religious life and activity. Its membership is now 4,487. Indian pop tion of the Do- id to be 122,000, 000 are Roman number Protes- ion of Canada, is whom about nd thes of Moravian church at Emaus, . Pa., celebrated the one nd fiftieth anniversary of its recently. A thousand peo- tended the servi At a recent gathering of the Chris- tian and Missior ance at Old | r land per- . Dr. A. B. Simp- Neeted for missions. Y. M. C. A., of Oberlin college, students, from academy boys, to d guide the new students, to introduce them to their classmates, and to assist in the search for rooms and boarding places. —A committee of the Episcopal church of Georgia is investigating the financial condition of the church, with the intention of dividing the diocese if the funds will permit. The church has grown so rapidly in that section that two bishops and two dioceses are now needed. /HOW MIKE KELLY CUT THIRD. First Worked His Famous Trick of Running Across the Diamond. In a recent bail game at the polo grounds a visiting player scored from second base by not going withina yard of third. This trick was originated by the late Mike Kelly when he was amem- ber of the famous Chicago champions. The first time he tried it successfully as in Boston about 12 years ago. There were 10,000 persons present, and when the t half of the ninth inning bega sore was tied. Kelly, who was the first man at the bat, turned to the crowded grand stand, before tak- ing his place, and shouted: “Open the gates and go home! all over!” Kel was guyed unm but he merely laughed and cracked out a safe hit. As he crossed first base he fell, and rolled on the ground in appar- ent agony. “It’s me ankle!” cried the king, and the Chicago players took off his shoe. After 15 minutes’ delay Kelly got up and seemed to be very lame. The Bos- ton battery, believing that he could not run, paid little attention to him, until suddenly he dashed for second like a real sprinter and slid around Burdock in safety. “Never touched me!” yelled Kelly, and then all eyes were turned to Capt. Anson. The ter finally pushed a slow grounder toward John Morrill, the first baseman, and Eugene Van Court, the umpire, ran down the base line to see whether Morrill got to the bag ahead of Anson. He believed Kelly would go only far as third, so he did not look at Mike. The moment the ball was hit by An- sor, Kel ran as far as the shortstop, then turned boldly into the infield and cut across at least five yards from third. He hed the base line before the um- pire turned to see what he ws doing, and fairly flew across the plate in along slide with the winning r “Ie didn’t touch thousands. “He cut the bag by five yards!” roared Sam Wise, the Boston shortstop. But the umpire was helpless, as he hadn't seen the trick, and so was compelled to allow the run. The big crowd, at first enraged at the trick, leaped down upon the field ina threatening manner. But Kel soon won everybody over by shout- m. third!” screamed Open the gates!” Then there was a great cheer fcr the trickiest ball player who ever walked ginal uve tried with Kelly and many p it since.—N. Y. Sun. Stump Is Still Standing. The stump of the tree to which Israel Putnam was once tied in the French in the was in We i upper part of this It the course of a skirmish near od Cr at the time of the French ision in August, . that he was |captured by the Indians and tied to this tree. While the flames were sear- ing his flesh he was saved by Capt. Molang, a French officer, who rushed through the crowd, scattered the fire- brands, cuffed and upbraided the In- dians, and released their victim. Put+ nam was taken to Montreal, and pres- ently freed by exchange. A great many strangers who go to the town and hear the story chip off pieces of the stump as relics. The tree is about three feet in diameter.—N. Y. Tribune. A Five Horned Sheep. In Maricopa county, Ariz., there isa freak. It is a five-horned sheep. While he was in Phoenix he ed somewhat of a sensation, and t if not the lion of the hour. down to G Bend and blood Jog in operts e pr idden mou r hibuahua.—C near the A Profound Mystery. “You have been in service all your life, haven't you?” asked the manager of an employment agency of an appli cant for a position. “Yes, ever since I was 18 years old. One thing puzzles me. When I was DEACON BROS. &C0 Heavy and Shelf Hardware, Cutlery and Guns, Tinware & Stoves, Field and Garden Seeds, Buggies, Wag- ons and Farm Machinery, Wag- Groceries and Farm Product ROUND OAK HEATER. The woods are full of Oaks, but here is on'y one Round Oak We ellit. Burns any kind of fuel, coal, coke or wood. Keeps fire all aight, barns the coal all up, makee 10 clinkers. It has pleased thous ands, it will please you. It is air tight. is made of the best material. There are ever 400 imitations; so be sure to look for the name Round Oak on the leg. LOOK OUT For sove low prices on air tight heaters, in smooth steel and Russia. all sizes. If you want any kind of a cook stove fail not to see our MARY, wade by Charter Oak Stove Co., at 312. Orif you want a larger one see our CROWN ST. CLAIR, a big bandsome range with a 20 inch oven and a 24 inch fire box for $19 We are agents for the Majestic Steel Range, best steel earth. GUNS! GUNS!! 25 imported guns, range op GUNS!!! bought last June for 25 per cent less than they could be bought today. We are going to give you the adyantage of this snap, and se!l them at $10 each. They are double barrel, top snap, laminated barrels, patented fore end, pistol grip and rubber batt plate— only $10 each. Good bandled axe 60c Better handled axe 65¢ Better yet = T5e Best made * “ $1 00 Good red buck saw 50e Better red buck saw 65e Better yet ** & T5e Still better * ce 90¢ Best on earth + $1 00 Galvanized coal hod 20c Fire shovels from 5c up Good cedar lead pencils pr doz 5c Patent eraser with every doz Good steel pens pr doz 5e Wood knife and fork trays 10c 5 hook hat recks 10¢ Chair bottoms, all sizes 05¢ Paint brushes from 3c up Pint cups 3 for 5c School slate sponges each Ole Standard ink per bottle 3e Good shoe brush 10c Slate pencils 7 for le Dinner baskets from 10¢ up | Work baskets 5¢ and 10c ¢ | Dixon High school pencils 3 for 16e¢ | We are azents for Chase & San- |born’s pyre Bostou coffee, Baia and | Kentucky wagons, Hoosier Greis | Drills, Good Esough eulky plows, | Moline stirring plows. acd carry the largest and most elegart line of bug igies, :oad wagons, spring wagon ‘ete. in the southwest and sell them ‘at the lowest prices young and pretty I never could please } j the lady of the house, and now the | | gentleman of the house never looks at me."—Tammany Times. | DEACON BROS. & CO. | Low price Hardware and Grocer Co. See a tS SSSA Passaic Trem If any of our remarks in last week’s | issue fell with crushing effect on any | unoffending, guileless innocent so as! way to apologise, as it may be some | time before the unhealthy atmos-/ phere of Butler will allow as to risk our health personally in that ‘thot burg.” By the way, it would tick on wood work, Iron, Steel, us immensely if SP ebas “een Nails, Salt, Barb wire, jscare Joe Graves, Ed Dalto 1, Stewart | Buggy Paints, Machine jAtchison and Bill Morrison out of Oils. jabout f ;mmaybe they | 2 wouldn't be so full ef such tales as thet an editor was shut up two hoars ina safe with an ineet Keeping suard over the ke an old army avy for s« Sharp correspou st had jthat Jake said he would | uillion for tk i stories are the! bility o , and for tl see this bevy of j Wim Findi }of the po to gratuitously leader pedalia iliam J bryan) ja few poli ‘and if het Was successtul, that! the great apostie of free si | ty | se } loaded for *tbar,” and wi | pear in the political arena of Ohio. | Findiey is noted for his open-hearted | generosity | Ben Walls is feeding a very nice joad of heg on t Brown farm, where he cultivated last year. Ben isa rustier and will g body does. Jaeob D Maddy sold a nice bunch of stock hogs to Isaac Wallis last week. Geo Thompson solid 26 head of nice steers, coming twos, to A M Roebeck for $450. Want of water caused him to sell. Robert Settles, who has been the guest of his sister, Mrs Doe Jenkins, left on the noon train Sunday for his home in Kansas City. His wife will follow bim on next Sunday. Your correspondent and fami were partakers of the genuine hosp tality at the home of Mrand Mrs EG Lockard recently. Truly itis a treat to visit such neighbors. The dry weather caused our direc- tors to postpone our school fora time, whieh was a sensible thing. From a conversation had with Capt Holly Nichols a short time since, we judge that about all the wolves be- tween here and the Miami*have been exterminated, the Capt knowing of about 20 that had been caught. The tobacco crop in these parts has suffered with the rest of the vegeta- bles and is considerably ‘‘eut down’ Mr Rice will even watters though with his this week by ‘‘cutting it up,” about 5 acres. The protracted meeting continues with much interest. Nine have joined the church and the outlook for a good meeting ahead is bright. Do you go tochurch? Are you entertained? Do you criticise the sermon? Do you en- joy the social features of meeting your friends, neighbors ana enemies in one common gathering place? If you do, whether you be a member of the church or not, it is your duty by all the laws of reason to contribute to the support of thisinstitution. There is but one adjective to qualify an in- dividual refusing to do this and that is “selfish,” and I don’t know one instance where selfishness has con- tributed tothe happiness of mankind. I do not say this as one who has membership in any church, but as one who stands on an unbiased posi- tion, who enjoys going to church for the edification, pleasure and enter- tainwent | find therein, and I feel it my duty to pay for my entertainment according to my ability. Col Wolfe entertained the preacher, Bro Bush, last Sunday for dinner, but Bro Feebeck went him one better by entertaining him Sunday night, and added Bros Ishmael on Monday morning for breakfast. It was our great pleasure on last Friday night to have as guests our old friends and former neighbors, Messrs Wm Holt and S S Fox and Miss Hattie Nichols, who were on their return home from Drexel, where they had been attending the Baptist Association as delegates from their home church on Round Prairie. Come again, old friends. Rev Boag finished up his confer- ence year here last Sunday with a most learned and excellent sermon. He impresses us asa good Christian mau and we wish him pleasant fields of labor in the future. Mrs EC Walt of Bryan, Ohio, is out ona visit of several weeks dura- tion to her sister, Mrs Helen M Davis of our city. She reports the drouth in Ohio similar to our own, and that the hay crop was the only thing that was goad. A new baby gaby girlis announced in the family of Mr Arch Whitley, son-in.jaw of K N Wright. et there if any- jtory of the state. Flood ia Western Texas. Et Paso, Tex., Sept. 21 —At 10 o'clock Sunday night the people oi to give it the ‘‘ihamps,” we take this; Ahumada, about 50 miles south cf this city, were visited by the wors sod that ever happened in the hiss Men, women and would | children were driven from their beds }and had to take refuge on the high ground with th-ir household effects. There them, was nota place to shelter many in town are wrecked snd tumbled io great heaps, and many more are expected to col- lapse at The water stands four or tive feet in the houses od the « houses aby moaient ry is flocded for miles Carmen river bas overflow- its banks. around ed Unless relief comes soon, Wowea and children will be im a sad plight, as itis raining hard aud another bad night seems imevit- able. Dead or ia a Trance. Topeka, Kan., Sept 19—Mrs. T. P. Kelly of 310 Harrison street, this city, is either 10 a trance or else she died from fnght this morning. A gasoline stove to which she was attending exploded this morning and a minute or two afterward she fell tothe floor. Physicians say that she is dead beyoud a doubt, but her own family are inclined to think that she isin a trance. Some of them even insisted about noon that she opened ber eyes and moved her lips. Mrs Kelly was a spiritualist of local fame and was a leader in the spiritualist reunion now being held here. There is little doubt but what she is dead. Her daughter asserts that she went into a trance in the same manner a few years ago and remained in it for three days. There Is Nothing So Good. There is nothing justas good as Dr. King’s New Discovery for Con- sumption, Coughs and Colds, so de- mand it and do not permit the dealer to sell you some substitute. He will not claim there is any thing better, but in order to make more profit he may claim sometbing else to be just as good You want Dr King’s New Discovery because you know it to be eafe and reliable, and guaranteed to do good or money refunded. For coughs, colds or consumption and for all affections of throat, chest and lungs, there is nothing eo good as is Dr. King’s New Diccovery Trial bottle free at H. L. Tucker's drugstore. Regular size 50 cents and $1. Indorse Free Comage. Bloomington, IIl., Sept. 16 —The convention of the Illinois Federation of Labor yesterday incorporated in its platform a resolution favoring the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1: also resolutions favoring government ownersbip of railroads, telegraphs aod telephoner: the municipal own- ership of street railways, water works, gas and electric light plante: the restriction of immigration and the establishment of the initiative referendum system. Hoke Smith Says Democrats Will Win in 1900. Washington, D. C, Sept. 18 — Hen. Hoke Smith of Georgia is in the city. He has lately been to New York and says that the democracy is getting together again all over the country. Mr. Smith is positive that Tammany will win. He also believes that the democrats next year will elect a majority of the members of the House of repres: ntatives and he looks for the election of the demo- cratic president ia 1900. Proved to Be the Best. “I was very weak and nervous and run down in health. My face was Some disturbance was created at the church last Friday night, and we are told that the offending parties eame near causing a collision with Mrs Church’s buggy on Main street. We have nothing but pity foranyone who so far forgets himself as to cause a disturbance at a church in this day and time. You can investigate all nature From a cyclone to the hind-leg of a donkey; But with the Shaving-Commission Co It's dangerous to monkey. Ingelis Says Bryan is Formidable. Topeka, Kas., Sept. 18.—Ex Sena- tor Ingalls’ impressions of William J. Bryan's Atchison speech are: “I was a typical stump speach, the rollirg prairie of oratory, without | height or hills or bollows, or visible | horizon. From a lese jateresting | seemed ordinary and commonplace. “Mr. Bryan bas cisplayed no cre- jative cr cosstructive ability. He | exhibits no reserve force. |no marks of growth or development | covered with pimples and I began takieg Hood's Sarsapanila. A few bottles of this medicine made me stronger and cured my nervousness and it proved to be the best blood purifier that I ever tried.” Mrs. Geo. H. Schener, Manchester, Mo. Hood's Pills are prompt. efficient, always reliable, easy to take, easy to operate. Lee Will Return to Cuba, Washington, D. C., Sept. 18— The President this morning asked Gen. Lee to withdraw his resigna- tion, tendered last March and return to Cuba. The General consented. The President did not wieh to swap horses in croesing a stream. Mexico City, Mex., Sept. 18.— person than Mr. Bryan it would have | Arnuifo Arroyo, President Diaz's a- sailant, who was lynched yesterday, is found to have a criminal record. He was a forger and 4 swindler, and ‘had once shot a man. He shows) ; Alfred Macrow of St Louis is ac from the activity through which be cused of beng a bigamist. Of b assed. as a = anist. | Cours Alfred M wif be wants beat G ‘ 3 ~ to, but this i “Bryan's strenet: with the silver iforee 1s ueime He is perbaps| A Missouri official bas merried bis racre formidable than a stronger | deputy. rot realizing, perbaps, that | man would be, because he will excite|a married woman is rarciy a deputy | less antagonism among competitors.” | cen tent NarREN tN RR A after her wedding day.