The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 15, 1900, Page 5

CROATS COMING NOW. Still Another Element Being Added to the Cosmopolitan Popula- tion of This Country. Croatia is officially described in the somewhat complicated geographical | subdivisions of Austria as “a province of the empire forming with Slavonia @ kingdom united with Hungary.” Un- til last year the tide of foreign immi- gration into the United States, which has included people of almost every race and nationality, did not any material number of Croats, and in the census figures of 1590 it was not thought necessary to make any sep- arate subdivision for Croats, though Portuguese residents of this country, Greeks, East Indians, Turks, Pacific Islanders, Central Americans and na- tives of the province of Luxemburg were separately enumerated. Accord- ing to the figures presented at thé barge office it appears that in 1898 the number of Croats who arrived at this port as immigrants was 6,837. In 1899 the number wes nearly doubled, be- ing 13,374, and, while the figures of January, 1900, have not been com- pleted, it is certain that the propor- tion of increase heretofore established will be maintained this year. The fact of the matter is that with the increased prosperity of the United States since March, 1897, there has not only been en increase in the num- ber of immigrants, but an even great- er increase in the number of coun- tries from which immigrants have been drawn to the United States. Thus, there has been a large addition to the number of Syrian immigrants, and New York, though the first city to have a Syrian colony is no longer the only one. There has been a very large increase, too, in the number of Greek immigrants, and there has been some addition to the number from Turkey, Portugal and northern Africa, and a very marked increase in the number of immigrants from Finland. NOTHING FOR THEM TO EAT. That’s Why the Buzseards Keep Out of Charleston’s Streets on s One of the curious sights in Charles- ton, 3. C., is a flock of buzzards which, six days in the week, hover around the streets and alleys, and particular- ly the market places of that city, says a Washington letter to the Chicago Record. They are the public scaven- gers, and are protected by law. They clean the streets of garbage.and other filth, and work from dawn to sunset in a most energetic and faithful man- ner on familier terms with the popu- lation. They have learned not to fear anyone, but swoop down wherever they like and carry off all the decay- ing animal and vegetable matter they find. When the sun goes down they fly across the bay and roost in the dark groves that line the banks of the river. They never work on Sunday. Charleston is a very religious city. The observance of the Sabbath is more strict there perhaps than in any place of its size in the country. The peo- ple, mostly Presbyterians and Hugue- nots, retain the old-fashioned ideas about the Fourth Commandment. Even the vultures respect this senti- ment and “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.” When they disap- pear Saturday night they are never seen again until Monday morning, and this has been their habit as long as the oldest inhabitant can remember. JOE LOBSTER. A Fish Dealer Says They All Their Names on the Inside of Their Thighs. Have “Did you ever see the name a lob- ster is born with?” asked a fish deal- er the other day. “It is marked on his body. No? Well, I'll show you one.” ‘The dealer, says the New York Sun, took a live lobster out of a heap on the marble slab. “Its name is Joe,” the dealer said, after he had inspected one of its legs. “Now, can you find it?” The customer took the lobster gin- gerly by the back of the neck, where it could not reach his hand with its ‘nippers. Turning it on its back sa that the brown legs at its side floppec backwards, @ smooth streak half an inch long and near:y as wide was seen on the inside of the thigh. In this streak, like a mosaic, were short !ines, as though some one had printed on it with indelible brown ink in backhand the characters J O E. “Some lobsters are named Jim,” the dealer said, “some Jack, others John; and I once clearly made out the name Julia.” What Might Have Been. A writer is thus quoted by the Chi- cago News: “I happen to know a case which illustrates forcibly how easy an accident might have affected the whole course of history. A few engineers, of whom Sir Bevans Edwards is the only survivor, eomposed the party which blew up the docks at Sebastopol. There was a shaft 30 feet deep, with a gallery running horizontally from it. At the bottom of the shaft, just inside the gal- lery, stood one Gordon—after of China and Khartoum—with a lighted candle fm his hand. The powder was lowered in four barrels and one of these slipped from the slings. fell to the bottom of the shaft and broke up, so that Gor- | don was left standing up to his knees in gunpowder with a lighted candle in his hand. That there was no prema- ture explosion was a miracle, and if | that miracle had not been worked the odds are that a different dynasty would | be ruling in China. and that Lord Kitchener would never have had the March to Khartoum.” bring | °pportunity of making his. famous} 4-02S5iVE STAMPS. he Cct from Unused Envelopes | and Saved for Fur- ther Use. May “Wait until I Jin the ade | Washington $ ing,” said a man to @ r representative. “It is not ne sary to do that, as is commonly supposed,” said a lawyer. “You may take your scissors and cut out the adhesive (not the impressed) stamp and stick it fast to your new envelope with mucilage, notwithstand- ing the adhering piece of the old en- velope. “It does not look niee, and may be- come detached in the mail, but if the stamp is a genuine, wnused, adhesive stamp it is not questioned. The gov- ernment, when it sells an adhesive two- cent stamp, undertakes for such con- ration to transport and deliver to de ‘stination the letter to which it is af- fixed. The fact that it has a piece of an ‘envelope to which it was formely at- tached, but not used or deposited for mailing, does not relieve the govern- ment to execute its part of the con- ‘t when the letter is deposited for ng, the stamp being otherwise perfect “An Impressed stamp, however, cut from an envelope, is defective and in- valid for postage purposes. It is aston- ishing how many of these are used, some people, apparently, being unable, or too ignorant, to discriminate be- tween adhesive and impressed stamps. “It is better to soak off the good, un- used adhesive stamp, but it is a valid stamp, nevertheless, when used as de- scribed.” ENGLISH OFFICERS KILLED. Not as Special Marks of the Boers as Has Been Commonly Supposed. The men carried nothing but their arms, their water bottles,and a water- proof rug and blanket for each. The officers were similarly equipped, says Seribner’s, actually carrying rifles, so that they can be in no way distin- guished from the men. Something must be done to reduce the terrible mortality of officers experienced in the first two fights in Natal. In reality the high percentage of officers killed is due to the fact that they must of necessity expose themselves more than the men under their command, and with the enormous amount of lead poured into an advancing force by the modern mag- azine rifle the officers, who are stand- ing up to direct their men, run a tre- mendous risk of being hit. In small skirmishes, however, it is possible that the good rifle shots on either side can pick their men carefully, so that the absence of a distinctive mark may prove to be of value to officers. In any case, there can be no harm in making the experiment of arming them with rifles, though in the long run their losses are not likely to decrease to any extent. It is one of the myths of war that the enemy pick off officers, just as it is a common legend that the’'enemy, whether he be Boer, Spaniard, Turk or any other infidel, is in the habit of aim- ing at wounded men and using explo- sive bullets. _PIPING SUGAR R JUICES. Piping Sirup Is Trancported by Pipe Line the Same as O11 aud Gas Are. us, water, steam and demonstrated some of sibilities of the pipe-li of fluid transporta- tion and made it familiar to all, with evidences of it abounding in every- Pipe lines for oil the ugo day life. And yet, says Cassier’s Mag~ azine, one is impressed with a tinge of novelty in a _ recently-circulated n yaper waif which tells of a 25- mile pipe line for conveying sugar- house sirup. At Springfield, Utah, U. S. \., it appears, there is a plant for slicing sugar beets and extracting the s r-laden juice by diffusion, and with its impurities, is then “piped” to a beet sugar factory at Lehi, there to be treated and refined by the usual proc . Inquiring fur- ther, however, it is learned that the same system of piping sugar juices hus been in vogue in Germany for @ number of years, and in the latter country, too, pipe lines have been used in potteries to carry much-thinned clay paste from one department to an- other. A Ban Upon Chinese. The true purpose of a bill now before the British Columbia parliament “for the regulation of the length of hair to be worn by employes in the metallifer- ous and other mines of British Colum- ia” is said to be to save the white min- ers from Chinese cheap labor. The bill provides that the hair shall be worn short in the hope that the China- men will not be able to overcome the tal superstition in favor of the long queue. A former measure, which simply excluded the Chinese. was pre- viously passed by the parliament, but nullified by the home government be- cause it would tend to irritate a friend- ly power. Caban Workwomen. Gentlewomen in Cuba are putting forth heroic efforts to support them- selves by making for the soldiers duck | trousers at seven cents a pair, and | underelothi at40centsadozen. Un- | der the d on of some American women as y has been formed ng the bans for the relief otf se women. As the ugh efarecent vanvass the names of 2,@ were ob- tained. =! of whom are = need of ai¢ | Others besides these, quite as needy i would not admit their poverty. What War Means. Daring the last two years 41,: | have been killed in battle. | have washed off the | tage stamp on this envelope, spoiled | — ns | OUR LADDER TO SUCCESS. PROGRESSIVE METHODS COURT CLEANLINESS COMPLETE STOCK ACCURATE COMPOUNDING PURE DRUGS FACILITIES EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE SKILL STUDY ete , 1s Solicited. Your patronage when in need of Drugs, Patent Medicines | HH. L. TUCKER, Druggist. Telephone No. 4. Those who dislike to carry pairs of ordinary glasses, can be fit- ted without any extra trouble. I will examine the eyes with the aid of the most improved OPTICAL APPLIANCES FREE OF CHARGE two and if you are satisfied, sell or make you apairat avery moderate charge. by mail repaired and promptly. Talso have a complete stock of Broken lenses and frames sent me returned JEWELRY, WATCHES, CLOCKS and Novelties. Fi ine wate h repairing a specialty and East SIde Square, work guaranteed. GEO. W. ELLIS, Leading Jeweler. In J. F. Ludwick’s Drug store. BUTLER, MO. | 3 "BUY HERE. } Before buying you are cor- dially invited to call and ex- amine my stock of WALL PAPER. T have the largest line of paper in the city to select from All the latest, up-to-date designs and my prices are the lowest. Call and look through my stock before buying. It will pay you J. F. LUDWICK, Druggist, East Side Square. RA RP RAR AR RAB RPPPEIPR ALPALPPPIU | | tracts for sisal. | resolution appropriat IT IS DEBS AND HARRIMAN. Labor Leader Nominated for President by the Social Democrats. Indianapolis, March 9.—Eugene Debs has consented to aceept the nomination of the social democrats for President of the United States. Last night when his name was pro- posed he asked that it be withdrawn, as he had personal reasons for not wanting to bea candidate. He was nominated this morning, with Job Harriman of California, as candidate for Vice President. Itseems fromthe explanation of friends that Mr. Debs has been ap- plying his earnings to the extinction ofa debt against the American rail- way union, and that he did not want | to cease until thedebt waspaid. The debt amounted to several thousand dollars. Debs received assurances that the | debt would be taken care of and that he would receive a rest of three | months before entering the presiden- | tial canvass. Twine at 10 Cents. Topeka, March 9.—The board of directors of the penitentiary, after a| consultation with Gov. Stanley this morning, decided that the price of | | the product of the binding twine | plant will be ten cents a pound, or as | near that figure as the cost of pro- duction will permit. W. son, deputy warden of the prison, is now in Central America making con- Last year the farm- ers of Central Kansas paid 124 to 15 cents for their twine. Will Equip New Militia. Frankfort, Ky., March 9.—The sen- ate to-day reconsidered the Tripl+tt 2100000 for the purpose of equipping a stute A. Thomp- | from the effe militia and recovering the arms and | munitions of war removed to Lon- don, Ky. Senator Triplett said that during last night theremaining arms and other military property in the arseual here were loaded on cars and shipped to London. Senators Pur-/| year and Jones, who voted against the resolution, voted for it to-day and it passed 19 to 15. In the house the announcement | was greeted with prolonged applause. | the game was a pretty stiff one. stranger got into the gameand play- Whistling, He Couldn't Stand. A commercial traveling man landed at Edinburgh, Scotland, one Satur- out of day he no form of amusement in the whole city the He went to the proprietor of day night, too late to get town for Sunday. The next found that there was actually assist him day. to in whiling away the hotel to see if he could suggest a way of passing the remainder of the day. The landlord took pity on rooms in the house in which a num- ber of Scotehmen were playing a game called “Nap,” which is asort of modification of “‘seven-up.”” They were playing for a shilling a point, so ed very cautiously, for he was quite sure that the players, or at least one of them, were cheating. One solemn- faced Scot he was especially sure he caught cheating a number of times. He began whistling a part of some vagrant tune. The Scot who had | been cheating arose from the table | and threw down the cards. “What is the matter?’ players asked. I'm gangin’ awa’,”’ the Scot swered, glaring at thestranger. an- “Tn | play cards with ne monthat whustles on the Sabbath.’ HORRIBLE CIGARETTE EXAMPLE | It Should Serve as a Warning to Every boy. A horrible example of cigarette poisoning was published to the world some days age in dispatch from says David Hurley, 19 years old, died ts of cigarette smoking His father said the boy smoked $5 worth vi arettes every week. He had shriveled up until he looked like anold man. His lungs were in bad shape and his blood very thin. The physicians opened the boy’s arm 4 short time after his death and found that the main artery did | tained a drop of blood. up. | the cuse be made public so that not con- It bad dried The boy’s father requested that it | would serve asa warning to otber boys. the stranger, and took him to one of the The ‘the other Virginia Items. | We heard it and jotted it down, Wi hat happens in and out of town. Free Methodists will hold their | quarterly meeting at the Nestlerode hool house , two miles south of Vir. cing Mareh 22 and | continuing over Sabbath. Elder Hig- jxins will be present ginia, commen W. B. McClure of Co. B received last j Week $32 as back pay for service. A. J. Pilgrim moved on the Wyatt place in Elkhart township last week. The streets of our city were crowd- ed with people Saturday Mrs. John Cuzick had last week the measles Mrs. James Cuzick has been on the k list for the past week wZ#ra Ruybourn of Jefferson City, attended church at Virginia and was shaking hands with his old friends. He has been at Jefferson City years. O. M. Drysdale Monday for week seven was the first in his store time in five Asleep in Jesus. Died, at the home of her father-in-law, W. C. Hensley, 2'y miles west of Virginia, March 6th, 1900, Mrs. Anna Hensley, nee Nickell, wife of J. W. Hensley, after an illness of nine years. She was a patient suf- ferer. Sister Anna was born in Bath eounty, Ky.. Jan. 17, 1868, united with the Christian church at the age of 17 years, while attending school at Holden, Mo. She was united in marriage to J. W. Hensley Feb. -24, 1887. She was the type of patience, was never heard to murmur or com- plain, seemed to think it was mete to suffer in order to inherit salvation, and rest that remaineth for the peo- ple of God. She died trusting her heavenly Father implicitly, said she was not afraid to die, and willing. .She leaves a lonely hu band and little son Holly, nine years of age, with a large number of sor- rowing friends to mourn their loss. Funeral services conducted by Bro.! Ishmael, pastor of the Christian church at Virginia; text, Psalms 23 chapter and Rev. 14- :13. Although! Anna is with us no more, we love to think of her as not dead, but sleeping, aud that we will meet her ence more vn the glorious resurrection morn. Blessed in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. M. J. H. Dr. Lamb is tearing down the barn on his lot this week. The M. E. minister preached his last sermon for this conference year last Sabbath. AARON, Kansas Twine Dealers Disturbed. Kansas City, Mo., March il, plement men say that trouble is about to result because of the action of the Board of Control of the Kan- sas City Penitentiary making binding twine. Kansas uses about 7,000,000 pounds of twine a year, and the new factory at the state penitentiary is equipped to turn out one-tenth of this. This is enough, it is said, to disturb the market. While regular dealers are asking retail merchants to pay them I1l%e per pound for their offerings the Kansas peniten- tiary managers announce they will sell theirs direct to the farmer at 10c a pound, 1% less than the retail dealer can buy it. One local wholesaler is quoted as saying; Wecan not meet the 10c price. We can not go below the 11¥c we are filling wholesale orders at. As it is, the price ie from 1\%ec to 2¥e be low what it wasa yearago. We can not hope to meet the penitentiary price, nor can we see how they can sell their product at 10c. The fiber sisalcost them S%c. The Kansas market is supplied largely from Chi- cago and Ohio mills. James Baley Slain by Editor Purcell’s Son at Malta Bend. Marshall, Mo., March 11.—About 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Malta Bend, twelve miles northwest of here the Missouri Pacific railway, Thomas Purcell, son of William Q. Purcell, editor of the Malta Bend Democrat and justice of the peace of that township, shot and killed James Bailey, a prominent young man of that city, 23 years of age. The two had a fight earlier in the evening, from which they were separated by outsiders. Purcell, however, secured a revolver, and upon meeting his ad- versary shot him, Bailey dying with- in an hour. Both were prominent in the community and belong to different factions, which have for a long time rent the town. It is sup- posed here that the dispute had its origin upon this old score. The con stable of Malta Bend arrested Pur- ceii at once and telephoned that he would start for Marshall to-night with bis prisoner, wheres preliminary trial will probably be beld. on © but was —