The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 21, 1897, Page 6

nt eg ee LIKE A HUMAN BEIX A Washington Treo That Sleeps Soundly Every Night. It Has a Respiratory Organism Seem- ingly as Delicate as That of Any Animated Creatare— Wonders of Botany. Mr. Fred J. Braendle wrote to the Washington Star that near the west- orn border of Dupont circle stands a tree that has a privilege not accorded other shade trees of Washington. Na- ture has endowed it with what we mor- tals consider a very happy faculty, namely, to enjoy a peaceful slumber every night. Many shrubs and nu- merous species of flowers have a timo of rest, either by day or night; at least that is what we guess from the changed attitude of their leaves and petals, but this big fellow who goes to sleep atareg- ular hour every evening, and in summer- time even by daylight right before our eyes and in a public park, has amethod quite his own in preparing himself for the night. His action is so apparent, quick and curious that he deserves to be noticed; in fact, it is somewhat to be wondered at that nobody evernoticed this stranger and his strange action be- fore—not even the very alert watchman and guardian of the floral display of the park. That this tree is of foreign extraction and of high lineage there will be no need of telling when we learn that his name is Albizzia Julibrissin, having been christened so by an Italian bot- anist by the name of Durazzo in honor of a member of the most noble family of the Albizzi of Florence, who probably had also been a botanist. The tree, however, is an original of Japan and known there as the Japanese silk tree. Why it is called a silk tree is not knowu to the writer, but the supposition is that the silky appearance of the blossoms might have originated it. How this tree came here and found its way to Du- pont circle probably only Col. Bing- ham, as chief of the public parks and grounds, and custodian of the records JAPANESE SILK TREE. . (It Sleeps Soundly at Night Just Like a Human Being.) and pedigrees of our exotic trees, can tell. Soon after seven o'clock in the even- ing a general motion is noticed in the foliage, a quiver or trembling of the bipinnate leaves. Each leaflet begins to stand up‘on edge and pairs with the one opposite. They clasp each other tightly and they close up with the other on the petiole, so that each be- comes a coverlet over half of the pre- ceding one. The entire transforma- tion takes place in about 20 minutes, and usually at about 7:30 the respira- tory organism of this tree hangs limp or droopy on the branches. It was at first supposed that the approach of darkness or the humidity of the at- mosphere, or even the change of tem- perature, had something to do in pro- ducing a sleepy-like condition in this tree, but numerous experiments have proved that it isnot so. Little branches have been taken off and kept in a dark room at an early hour. The leaves re- mained expanded until! the hour of seven, when they began to close as if they were still on the tree, and t me ac- tion was repeated for several days as Jong as water cou'd keep them fresh. There is a plant am our own flora that is in every eular like this Sleeping tree; in fac minutive al- bizzia in many the sensi- tive pea, C a weed growing along our country lanes with yellow flowers and bearing a fruit like diminutive little weed is, however, a si ve plant, while the tree is not so in the le The for- mer shuts its leaflet ed at any hour of the goes to sleep in the s: s the latter. As we cannot obtain a tree for home observation, we might secure a healthy plant of this sensitive pea, have it care- fully planted in a flower pot so that we ean watch it every evening when it re- tires for the night. No one has more beautifully delineated with pen and pencil the action of drowsy shrubs and nodding flowers than our much lament- | er artist, Mr. Hamilton Gibson, and he has done more to awaken in our young people an interest in the many wonders of plant life than the scien- tifie teachers of botany. He has shown that nature is not at fault that we do} not more admire our wild flowers. We find on close investigation that there are plants that have histories as won- derful as our characters of romance. ‘Their feats and acquirements are often oy to those of many ordinary mor- tals. The Baby in Autumn. A warm flannel around the abdomen, | warm stockings on the feet, and a soft Wool sacque to supplement the flannel skirt are better than as many bottles of drugs for the baby, and the simple application will as a general thing set ‘the flesh to glowing rosily. But if the is poor and the extremities remain cold, fill rubber bags or fruit Jars with hot water and surround the child with them until the proper tem- restored. COMBING UP FISH. Effective Method of Fishing Prace- ticed by the Siawash ind a. The Siawash Indian who inbabits part of the state of Washington has a way of gathering in fish which, if pnm- itive, is also remarkably effective. No mere rod and line or even net suffices for him. An instrument which looks as if it belonged in the London tower chamber of instruments of torture is his lure for the members of the tinny tribe. It isa comb, but a como of rath- er wonderful dimensions. It is a piece of cedar, 16 or 18 feet long, round hike a pole about two-thirds of its length, the rest being shaped like the blade of TAWASH FISHERMAN. (He Uses a Huge Comb Instead of Hook or Net.) an ordinary table knife—indeed, the shape is similar throughout. Along the thin edge, or what would be the cutting edge of the knife, the Indian drives wire teeth, about an inch apart, and lets them stick out like the teeth of a comb about an inch. ‘These wires he then files to a needle point, and bis tackle is ready for business. He paddles out in his canoe until he locates a school of smelt or herring, and then—down goes the “comb” into the water and is swept backward and upward through the school of fish, impaling them some- times by the dozen, and the Indian sweeps them up on top of the water, deftly swings his “comb” over his ca- noe and twists it over, the tish falling eff into the boat. A wrinkled old‘Sia- wash will fill his canoe as full of prime herring as it will holdin half an hour. They catch the smaller fish for bait in the same way. TOLD BY THE EYES. “Show Whether They Are Intelligent or Not. As every one knows, there is as much differen n the brain power of horses as there is in men. The ordinary dray horse is much the inferior of the racer in point of intelligence, and in nothing more than in the expression of the ani- mal’s eyes is this difference noticeable. It can been seen by a glance at the accompanying pictures that the eye of Star Pointer, the wonderful pacer who broke the record by pacing a mile in 1:59 1-4 at Readville park, Boston, when compared with the dull, expressionless eye of the average horse, is as differ- ent as a pineapple is from a church tower. A New York Evening Wor!d artist caught Star Pointer’s alert eye just as it looked when flashed on the multi- tude that watched the colt’s remark- able performance on the Boston track. His eye is truly the window of Star Pointer’s soul, if race horses have souls, The Eyé of 158 AVERAGE FORSE —> Snie Aowr7eR TWO HORSE § S. (They Indicate Intelligence and Dullness.) and it reflects an intelligence rare even for a highly strung, nervous organiza- tion like that of this famous equine. Not the eyes alone indicate a high or- der of intelligence in dumb bru ears tell their story tality such as well dogs possess. The horse are invariably correct, just he eyes are brilliant. Not so the ordinary horse seen in the streets. and their eyes—well, the picture tells the story. An Inventor's Reward. A young man employed at $1.80 a in one of the factories in New Lrit Conn., s h Republican, recently invented an achment to a machine ¢ which he was worki which promi to be of great value. Four men were employed on this ma- | chine prior to his invention, and its use was about to be aba nD the expense att g it. The young man ised an attach- ment, which when applied to the ma- chine pe ed one boy to attend it and he can turn ovt as mu the four men could previously. This machine is run regularly every day. and it is doing good work at a saving of | six dollars a day over former cost. The president of the company gave the ; young man a check for $ d w Breed of Sheep. nt of the The 3 | University of Californ | kind of sheep. The ntendent of | the experiment station at Paso Robles has succeeded in breeding a variety of i sheep that will mean much to the woot and meat market. Itis the result of the cross-breeding of Persian and Merino. Experiments along the same line, , though notso complete, were conducted by George Washington with marked advantage. work as | OPO ODO POO I ON, SEE ovR MENs Ca DERRIDA NEN PRN IN RON INL Clothes well made, Clothes that Fit well, Clothes that give you your moneys worth. You get these 3 Combinations when Buying Clothing from Y Wor $5.00 SELLING AT 33 50. 5 BIG ITEMS TO THINK OF WHEN YOU BUY CLOTHING THE CLOTHIER Missouri State Bank Announces to the public, that its deposits are large, while the demand of borrowers is light. of idle money. Persons wishing to sell notes or to borrow money, are in- vited to call. This Bank loans does a general banking business. and ample Capital, it solicits the business of the general public. J. R. JENKINS, Cashier. DISASTER IN A THEA Three Killed and Many Hart by the} Falling of a Balcony. Cincinnati, O , Oct. 15 —Three are dead and thirty-three more or lees seriously injured as the result of a | catastrophe duriog a performancs at Robinscn’s theater to-night. At 8:50 o'clock when the perform- ance began, the plastering began to! fall from the center of the dome ceiling, forty or fifty feet above the | heads of the people seated ia the | parquette. This continued three minutes, causing a rush out of the house. The houee and the galleries were partly emptied when the dome | in the center of th» roof, with its supporting timbers and trusses, came tumbling down. This extended | clear across the opera house and was | about thirty feet wide. When it fell | the ends cf it struck either side of | the gallery, crushing it and scatter ing timbers in every direction and | landing in the center of the par quette. The theater presents the appear- | ance of a disorderly pile of old lumber. Chairs ia the parquette are— badly demolished. i A Monsir New York Journal, | A ring bas all its plans laid to} capture the Union Pacific railroad | 3s Robbery Planned. least $20,000,000. If this plot suc | ceeds, it wiil be followed by a similar | robbery in the case of the Central | Pacitic. | of this ring are J. Pierpont Morgan | and Collis P. Huntington. | Attorney-General McKenna, who pointed to bis place in the Cabinet | | through the influnce of Huntingtor. | No honest reason exists why the | Union Pacific should not be made to | | pay every dollar of its debt to the | Government. The aided portion, on | Which the Government has its lien, aa paying property. Congress refused to authorize the deal with the riog, known as the | Reorganization Committee, which, | jwith the active concurrence of the | | Attorney-Genera), will Be consum | mated unless the Presideat forbids. /This he has ample power to do he law of ISST provides a way for | dealing with the Union Pacific | whereby the Treasury can be pfro- tected against thieintended plunder, | and the whole debt collected. \ Why should the Administration | hasten to do between Congress what | Congrees has declined to sanction? t23 | less than two months, and a matter | in the Union Pacific Railroad cannot Result. a large amount money, receives deposits, and With large experience Ws. E. WALTON, President. That body will convene again within so important as the public's interest in decency be disposed of without tbe participation of the people’s representatives. The Union Pacific ring has hatch- ed a monstrous job of brigandage, and the Administration is threatened with a scandal the hke of which has not shamed the country sifce the Credit Mobilier exposure. President McKioley’s own repu- tation is at stake. Warning in the Note of General Woodford to Spain. Washington, D. C, Oct. 15.—In spite of the persistent secrecy of the State Department, the facts are gradually coming out concerning the message sent to Spsin through Min- ister Woodford regarding Cuba. The latest deyelopment ie important. It accounts for the flare-up of the Spaniards when the story was first printed that a date had been set when Spain would be expected to say when the war would end. It also accounts for the downfall of the Mivistry and the conciliatory attitude taken since. The story is simply that accompanying Minister | Woodford’s pacifi: instructions was a warning of popular sympathy in this country for Cuba, which would and cheat the Goyernment out of at | iad exprees:on through Congress if,! a favorable reply was not received Minieter Sagasta bas promised to reply to the message of the United States by October 25. This reply Conspicuous among the members bas been expected by the United} States Government before now, and disappointment is f-lt that it has not beea forthcoming. consents to this robbery, was ap-_ Especially is this the case in view cf|8 Bars Lenox soap the fact that a version of it has been printed, which bas been anything but satisfactory to the American people. This yersion simply means evasion of the real question, and an attempt to secure delay in final settlement. : Lay Dying in the Street Two Days. Kansas City. Mo, Oct. 15.—Alex ander C. Hart, « laborer, rible death. Hart fell froma tree in a remote part cf the city Tuesday morning. He suffered ccneussion of the spine, and was almost completely paralyz- ed. Unable to stir, he tay there met a bor- Williams Wil say to the peosl+ of Bates county in LOUD WORDS that we have the BEST Russia Iron heatisg stoves msde. Och~rs may bave very goo stoves, but ours are tre latest make with great 1mprovements over the oid kind Come in and let us show you. We bave contracted for 100 of these stoves aud we have & sell them, and in order to do so, we have put the lowest prices on then that stoves were ever sold for in this town, from $275 to $7, osing to the amount of trimmings on them Don’: be fooled by other jealeus merebant telling you that our Stoves, Pamps Barb Wire that we handle being pcor quality; they don’ want to meet cur price, and the thick the poor quality racket is all that is ‘eft for them to say If ever. firm in Burler was as particular about bhandlisg the best quality ot goods as we are, the people would uever have anything to kick about We warrant everything we sell you to be as represevt-d, you kuow we are responsibie, so you run no risk. We have just gotten in another car of those rich Shorts and Brav. Tois makes the 4th car of shorts and braa in almost that many weeks; why have we done this? Because 1 sack of our shorts or bran is worth 2 sackg of almost any you can get iu Batler; ask someone that has used ours. or anything We have so'd already 68 corn scoops: we 35e to 50e caecaper than anyone in Butler, and we have the best fine steel scoop made Snce we got in our car of Barb Wire and Nails, they bave ad- vanced in price 25c, but we have still lowered our price and are selling quantities of it. Since our heavy cut on Flour, it seems that we xra almost supplying the county in Flour, the way the people are carrying it out of our store We intend to give our cus- tomers, for the next 30 days, a beue fit sale on a great many staple arti cles; don’t fail to come in and get our prices before you buy. We have as fine a line of Pumps of all kinds as was ever in Butler, all of the very best quality. We guar antee everyone of them to give satis- faction, and we are going to give you prices on them that will surprise you. We want to call your attention once more to our Bulk Roasted Coffee; we have a contract with the Roaster direct to supply us with are from in Butler, and we are satisfied with cofiee, at cur prices, are one grade better than others can give you 12h¢e, 15e, 20, 25¢ per Ib We are selling the best axe in the those axe3. true Come ia and call for an old jon the axe. from 10c, 15¢, 20c, 25¢ each. Our We are selling the straight patent at $120 per sack. 8 Bars Clariette soap 10 Bara Doll eoap 10 hominy flakes 8 Ib new Northern b-ang Best quality galvanized buckets Galvanized tubs 60c, 65¢ and Wash boilers 75c and 80c Lanterns 50c and 75c Lead glass tutnblers 25c a set Heavy hotel goblets 35c a set Meakins best plates 35c a set | 80c, 75e, 85¢ $1.00 and up. conscicus for over two days and nights, until he was found Thursday morning. He was eaten by insects, and his suffering was intense. Physicians were summoned, but Hart died shortly after relief reach- ed him. for we know we have the best stove CASH GROCERY. coffee 2c per !b. cheaper than anyone the 2c per lb. profit. So you see our Try our cogee and see if we are not right; our prices rua from 8e, lic, world, we have just gottea in 100 of This makes the 4th 100 ict we have gotten ia this year, thie may sound big, but nevertheless Bullion axe and you will get the fiuest metal, the finest shape, and the best axe in the world So stated Our axe handles run flour 95c, $1.10, $1.20, $1,25 $1 40. 25¢ 25e Meakins cups and saucers 35c a set Table knives and forks from 50c, Tea spoons from 5c a set and up. In fact. we are cheap on anything we have for sale and will stand by you on the price of anything we cell jyou. Above all, if you don’t buy your stove cf us you will regret it, AN ELECTRIC ORILL ee Capable of Boring 2 Stx-Feet Hole in One Minute, { 1 y and prac more gen- uly cheap. Only a a Operator Vv years tide- mining 28 cents ton, e shows an electric dri 1 for making holes in the LT seam. It is capable of CTRIC DRILL “vot Hole in One Minute} (It Bores a Six. drilling a six-foot hole in one minute, In this connection it is interesting to note that coal undercut by machinery does not require as powerful cartridges for the blasting as coal undercut by hand and the rapidity with which the holes are drilled by electric power effects a great saving and largely in creased output. ‘The weight of the drill represented, with post for a six-foot vein, is only 152 pounds. This can easily be handled by one man. The drill works so quickly that it takes the greater part of one man’s time to at- tend to the feed mechz m and augers together with startin stopping the ill, while the other man is arranging icking the places for the holes, By the time he has another place ready the drill has finished the preceding hole ly to be moved. ‘Two men can very quickly reset the drill and then get it started again. This machine has drilled enough hotes in ten hours to “shoot” or blast down 800 tons of coal in a seven-foot vein. It consumes about three horse power and the one shown in the cut is a Jeffrey machine. RARE AND VALUABLE, Some Sen-Otter Skins Are Valued at One Thousand Dollars, There'll come a time some day when the sea-otter will be far more valuable than the seal, if, indeed, he is not to- day. A sea-otter, by the way, is not an otter—he occupies a peculiar position, being the sole species of a distinct genus, and he is rapidly becoming ex- tinet, being found at the present time only on the islands and coasts of the North Pacifie ocean. A pelt from thie animal will bring $300 at the least, and if it is of exceptional beauty is it worth $1,000. A peculiarity of the sea-otter ts the looseness of his skin, which is far too big for his body and which, when removed from the carcass, will streteh to an incredible degree. According to AN ARCTIC SCENE. (Sea Otter Skins and Aleut Boy.) the standard natural history, the length of an adult sea-otter is four feet, . 1, but the skins t feet. This kin man. ea-otter is remar. y playful and will amuse itself for hours floating on its back and tossing a bit of seaweed from paw to paw. The mothers have 8 Bars Silk soap - We been seen pla with their pups for 250% long afternoc ppare y enjoying 6 Bara Old Country soap Qe their frolics as much ough they were human ‘tae Hand's Revenge. , the old stage favorite, was ly made the butt of practical Once upon a time, says an €X- e, he discharged a man who wasa failure in his supposed wor! ing in the arrangement for Macre *s es fore the servitor w: and that worthy ind opportunity for reve lose. Consequently, y rived for Mecready to lift the lid from a huge bowl, expecting from it woutd arise a ghastly Has proof of a terri- ble murder in which he ha¢ participat- ed, there flew outa i tr, Bring your produce to us and get : = the cash, if you want it. Everything goes straight at our place. and our| Hirsch that conveys a valual customers are protected Yours Respectfuily, WILLIAMS BROS. A Lesson in Economy. late Baron le lesson. After writing a message announcing the gift of a fortune to a school, the great millionaire went over the tele- gram carefully a second time, condens- ing it so as to sare a franc. A atory is told of t —_ |