The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 17, 1902, Page 9

DUMONT BUILDS NEW SHIP. PAUL HARPER'S GRIT The Indefatigable and Intrepid Bal- loonist Now at Work on Son of University Professor Shines Machine No, 7. Shoes for Students. Santos-Dumont has finally recov- ered from the bad effect of being dumped into the bay by his airship and His Room-Mate Hang Out a | and is devoting time now adjusting a Shingle Announcing the New En- | new balloon, which is almost fin- terprise and Earn Lots of ished. This one is “Santos-Dumont Spending Money, No. 7.” It is considerably larger than the one just destroyed, yet its When Paul Harper, second son of | two 45-horse power motors have been William Harper, needs money for | found too heavy for it. Therefore one any of the little charitable enter-|has been removed, making the motive prises he often indulges in, he shows | Strength 45-horse power, instead of as much tact and ability as does his | 90, as had been intended. famous father when the latter feels || M. Santos-Dumont says his No. 6 the University of Chicago is in need | Cannot possibly serve again except of some substantial gift toward a | for exhibition purposes. He has just new hall or a new class. Only the | signed an agreement to let the youngster—he is 13 years old—goes | patched-up balloon be shown in the sbout it in a different manner. Crystal palace, London, from April 1. Recently the boy found a new field| He announces that work on an- * tor his charity, and he had to have | other balloon will be begun imme- money. It didn’t trouble him a bit | diately, because if he goes to the St. how to get it. He unfolded a plan| Louis exposition he wants to have to his chum, the son of the late Col. | two balloons in case an accident Francis W. Parker, and quicker than | Should happen to one. it takes to tell it a sign was hung} Empress Eugenie has just sent to one of the halls of Morgan Park | M. Santos-Dumont an album of snap- demy which read: “Harper & | Shot pictures made by a young wom- » polishers of boots and shoes to|@m of her suite with an autograph Morgan Park Academy.” letter graciously recalling her sev- The news spread quickly through- | eral visits to the balloon shed at out the dormitories and halls, and | Monte Carlo. there was a scramble among the students to be the first to have his|HOPES FOR BRITISH TRADE. shoes shined by a university pres- ident’s son. They came in droves and stood in line waiting their turns. They wore calf shoes, tan shies and patent leathers. No matter what the style of leather, the price was |chamber of commerce was held the the same to all—five cents. For | other day. Lord Avebury, who was in more than two hours the boys—|the chair, said the outlook on the Harper and Parker—were polishing | whole was not despondent for Brit- shoes at a rate that would permit a |ish commerce. There were, however, downtown bootblack to retire from | some disquieting features and dan- business in a few months. They gers to be guarded against. Refer- polished 150 pairs of shoes the first ring to the French bounty system in day, “and if we could do that every | aid of their mercantile marine, he said day,” said young Harper, “we'd soon | that while the ship owners had en- have all the money we want.” joyed substantial advantages, the The professors in the various {trade of the country had been bur- classes were compelled to go to the | dened by the system of bounties and “shoe shining parlor” to get enough | subsidies and by protection to beet- pupils together to make a decent sugar, wheat, textiles, metals and showing. There was no interference, other products. however, with the establishment of Re ; i —" " earper & Uo. On the contrary, the | ping subsidy bill, Lord Avebury said culty saw the humor of the situa- |it was not anticipated that the non- lon and the professors were inclined | maritime states would remain pass- to treat the matter as a good joke. Jive and see $9,000,000 bounty going THE CORONATION SERVICES. to the maritime states without a protest. The best thing the govern- “Klug award Anxious to Have Core- | ment could do for commerce would monies in Went Minster Abbey be to let it alone. Greatly Shortened, Lord Avebury Denies Before London Chamber of Commerce That Out- look Is Very Discouraging. The annual meeting of the London Lord Brassey offered a resolution declaring in favor of the adoption of Details of the coronation are grad- | the policy of the “open door.” ually coming up for the royal decision, ROMANCE AND DISCIPLINE. says the London correspondent of the Aa New York Tribune, and nearly all the | army Authorities Punish a Soldier essential points will be decided before the departure of the king for Paris and the Riviera. Great efforts have been made to shorten the service at West-| The army has taken a hand in the minster abbey. If the ecclesiastical |romance of a soldier stationed at authorities were allowed to have their | Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., and as a re- way the service would occupy five or | sult of the interference of the mili- six hours, with an official requirement | tary authorities Private W. J. MeCor- that the spectators should be in their | mick, of the Fifty-seventh company of places an hour or two inadvance. The | coast artillery will spend the next six Litany will certainly be dropped, and | months in the guardhouse. MeCor- the musical portion of the service will | mick wrote a love letter to the young 4 probably be curtailed. woman upon whom his comrade was Other changes are proposed, but showering attentions, signing the lat- there is a tendency to magnify the im- | ter’s name to the epistle. portance of every detail. The abbey] The recipient of the letter was high- service and the royal drive through the | ly incensed at an insulting feature of metropolis are the only fixtures. The | the communication, which McCormick day for the naval review has not been | says was inserted by a third soldier, announced, nor that of the gala night | whose identity was not disclosed. The at Covent Garden, nor the day’s func- | young woman sent the letter back to tions at the Buckingham palace. The | her friend, with a sharp note dismiss- garden party at Hatfield may occur | ing him from her favor. on the Saturday after the coronation| It did not take long to fasten the ' service. The king’s health is reported | guilt of forgery upon McCormick and _ to be excellent. reestablish the cordial relations which (pn eee ape had existed between the soldier and AUSTRIAN BARON’S AMBITION. | his sweetheart. McCormick was sen- ase URS tenced to dishonorable discharge and Will Make His Debut on the Concert 18 months’ confinement, but the sen- Stage at New York City, Using tence was reduced by the reviewing His Own Songs. authority to six months’ confinement. for Forging Improper Letter to Comrade’s Sweetheart, Society is interested in the New York Cold Well Gets Steam Up. debut on the concert stage of Baron| The people of Woodburn, Ky., have Clemens Franckenstein of Vienna, |been greatly puzzled for several who, as Clemens von Franckenstein, | days by the strange action of a well “has just given a recital of his own|in that town. The water in the well songs at Mendelssohn hall. has suddenly become hot without Among the baron’s compositions |any apparent cause. The citizens do which were performed was a group of |not know whether the phenomenon hi songs written to the words of Haupt-|is due to chemical action of some mann’s "Sunken Bell,” which was per- | kind or to heat from the interior of WAormed here by Mr. Edward A. Sothern. |the earth. The well is about 50 feet “Baron Franckenstein has put this play deep, walled up, and about three into musical setting, the whole of |feet in diameter, and was built by which will be performed next season. ~|the Kirby Milling company. Since Baron Franckenstein, who has been|the water became heated it has in this country only two weeks, is well | risen up to within ten feet of the known in the society circles of the Aus-}top of the well, and is perfectly trian capital. His father was in the |clear. The temperature is said to be diplomatic service of Austria-Hun- | about 100 degrees. gary, having been stationed in Copen- ie hagen, and his brother is one of the * secretaries of the Austrian legation in New Fog Signal Is Tested, Some most interesting experiments : with a new fog signaling apparatus Washington. were made in pie pasate the other Queer Sect in England. day between the mail packet Calais Count Tolstoi's illness cails to notice | 4nd the French steamer Nord. Signals small community of professed dis- | were exchanged between the Nord and ciples in a Norfolk (England) village the. Calais when six miles apart. If styling themselves the brotherhood | Successful, the invention will be a } church. The members are forbidden | boon to channel navigation, owing to to give or to receive money. They |the great danger of collisicms in the swork for a living, but accept payment | CTowded waterway. mly in kind. All property is held in Why Ex-Gov. Hogg Balked, mon. They are opposed to matri-| Ex-Gov. Hoog, of Texas, has refused y and the further peopling of the | to wear knee breeches in order to be orld. The community numbers | permitted to bow to King Edward. Mr. 120 persons and has been in ex- | Hogg says he is afraid he wouldn’t look ce five years. Though some | well with his calves exposed, says the embers have fallen away, it attracts | Chicago Record-Herald, and people ve 1 and- maintains «strong | who have gazed upon his dimensions tality. ae are likely to agree that his fear is well “The Eccentricities of Nature, | Founded. Some of the water that is now lying top of the ground in Pennsylvania} The preponderance of public opin- New Jersey, remarks the Chicago | ion, says the Philadelphtt#“Ledger, is tes y would have made millions | menifestly against the theory of a De- had it appeared on top | troit physician that everybody will be in the corn -belt last | crazy within the next three centuries. The Sane Idea. When Will the Democratic Party Die? | From the Atlanta Constitation. When the lion eats like an ox And the fishworm swallows the whale, When the terrapins knit woolen sox And the hare is outrun by the snail. | When serpents walk upright like men And double bugs travel like frogs, When grasshoppers feed on the hen And feathers are found on the hogs When Thomas cats swim in the air And elephants roost upon the trees, When insects in summer are rare And snuff never makes people sneez», When fish creep over dry laud And mules on vicyeles ride, When foxes lay eggs in the sand And women in drevs take no pride, When Dutchmen no longer drink beer And girls got to preaching on time, When billy goats burt from the rear And treason is no longer a crime, When the humming bird brays like an ass And Limburger smells like cologne, When plowshares are made out of glass And the hearts of Georgians are stone. When ideas grow in goldbug’s heads And wool on the hydraulic ram; Then the Democratic party will ve dead And the country won’t be worth a d—n. In a banking institution a great deal depends upon the sponsors—the officers and directors who stand back of the institution and whose names vouch for its standing. We append a list of the officers and directors of the Farmers Bank. We think that it is sufficient argument in favor of our institution. Famme:skank > al DIRECTORS. Clark Wix, W. B. Tyler, J. Jd. MeKee, iy ipp, Cashier. G. W. Newberry, A. Cash. J, W. Choate, O. A. Heinlien, W. F. Duvall, J. M. McKibben, H. M, Gailey, AG Melbride, Vice-Pres, London Hears That Peace is Arranged. | A Most Liberal Offer. Londan, April 11,—The Minancier All our farmer readers should tak and Bullionist publishes a dispatch | advantage of the unprecedented club- from iisteria this morning, declar- | bing offer we this year make, which ing that the Boer leaders have ae-/ineludes with this paper The Live cepted the British terms, that peace { Stock Indicator, its special Farmers’ has been arranged and that the terms | Institute Editions and The Poultry of peace have been cubled to the Boer | Farmer, These three publications agents in Europe. are the best of their class and should Other unconfirmed statements of a | be in every farm home. To them we similar character are in circulation | add, for local, county and general in London to-night. It is said that | news, our own paper, and make the Frederick Rutherford Harris, former | price of the four one year only $1.25. secretary of the British Chartered | Never before was so much superior Soath African Company, has receiv- | reading matter offered for so small ed a telegram to the same effect, but | an amount of money, The three pa- nothing af any official or really relia-| pers named, which we club with our ble nature concerning the matter is | own, are well known throughout the known. : West and commend themselves to the reader's favorable attention up- Mill lait liuadent on mere mention. The Live Stock Millions marvel at the multitude o! Satan di rns maladies cut. off by Dr. King’s New Indicator is the great agricultural Life Pills—the most distressing too. and live stock paper of the West and Stomach, liver and bowel troubles— | Southwest; The Poultry Farmer is dyspepsia, loss of appetite, jaundice, | the most practical poultry paper for a fever, syne all he the farmer, while The Special Farm- ee aoe ers’ Institute Editions are the most H. L, Tucker’s drug store. : cae practical publications for the promo- JessiejMorrison Out of Jail. tion of good farming ever published. Eldorado, Kas., April 9.—Jessie | ake advantage of this yreat offe r, Morrison was released from jail te- | 48 it will hold good for a short time day, her bond for $10,000 having | only. Samples of these papers may beenpfiled approved. be examined by calling at this office. The signers qualified for $50,000, | 5-6m They are: J. W. Kibby, of Augusta, G. C. Neison, Latham; W. H. Duncan and Samuel Dowse, Eldorado. The trial will occur in June. COLORED BOY. Wields a Sharp Ax. A Doctor’s Bad Plight. “Two years ago, as a result of ase- verecold, I lost my voice,’’ writes Dr. M. L. Scarbrough, of Hebron, Ohio, “then began an obstinate cough. Every remedy known to me as a practicing physician for 35 years, failed, and] daily grew worse. Being urged to try Dr. King’s New Discov- ery for consumption, coughs and colds, 1 found quick relief, and for last ten days have felt better than for two years.” Positively guar anteed for throat and lung troubles by H. L. Tucker. 50¢ and $1.00. rial bottle frer. Cheap Statuary. Battle Creek, Mich., April 9.—The body of John Leek, an aged negro, wha died six months ago and which was turned over to an undertaker in ne toe order that he might test a new em- This fine black American bred draft balming fluid, has been exhumed. pe peng Reel pln cat ol — The body has the consistency of We invite inspection and investiga- | VUlcanized rubber and might readily tion. Terms:—10 to insure. pass for a statue of black marble, as the petrified flesh is hard enough to SENATOR GOEBEL. takea polish. There is not theslight- An Artist Montrosesaddlestallion, |.8t trace of decomposition or wast- will make the season of 1902 at our | ing, the features retaining their full- barns. Terms:—$8,00 to insure. ness. The experimenter says the fluid WOODRUFF. will preserve the bedy for centuries, ‘Is black with white points, will|It was recently discovered by an make the season at the same barns. | Eastern chemical company, and the Terms:—This pee well known to! test on the body of an unclaimed be nmupes reeder.. county hospital corpse is the first . 7. HYATT & SONS, Butler, Mo. | made. | good faces, The skin on their faces Virginia Items. Window Glass is Higher. We heard it and jotted it down, New York, April .—After a meet- What happened in and out of town.|ing which lasted practically all of Rev. Niblack filled his appoint-|to-day, the Vindow Glass Jobbers’ ment ut the M. E. church Sunday | Association placed an order for 500,- night. 000 boxes of window glass with the O. M. Drysdale has been atilicted | factories of the Manufacturers’ Fed- with a stiff neck for several days eration, at an increase of 14 per cent ©. A. Wallace has bought Emanuel | over the last purchase price. After Nestlerode’s farm considerable discussion the jobbers Mrs. Garner purchased a new piano | decided to place the sales price at a last week. ‘ figure higher to the extent corres- A. J. Dugan, of Butler, took dinner ponding with the advance made by with Isaac Park Friday. the manufacturers, The concensus Geo. Smith, of Butler, was in Park-| of opinion among those present was ville Thursday of last week. there would be a further advance in The farmers were busy sowing flax | the price before the blasting season last week. is over. Thomas Hocket thinks he must eee have THe Ties visit his home the Woman Uses a Whip. coming year, so that he can keep pace with the movement around Vir- ginia Joplin, Mo., April 9.—News of a horsewhipping at Presperity, a min- ing camp seven miles east of thiscity, Rev. Herald preached at the Crook has just been received here. Mra, Ed school house last Sunday night. Barnett, wife of the proprietor of the The Sunday school organized at Barnett hotel, at the command of Plain View school house a few weeks | her husband, lashed William Criss ago is growing in interest. Mother Witherspoon quite feeble. Mike Maloney is still able to be around, and he coughs se much, with a blacksnake on the principal continues | thoroughfare. Mrs. Barnett alleges Criss insulted her, which fact she communicated te her husband. The irate husband Chas. Blake and wife, of Passaic, | covered Criss with a shotgun while visited the family of R. MeCann last | his wife gave him adrubbing, Sunday. The people are talking of planting _ this week, if the weather is suit- Chicago, April 9.—A. special from Monterey, Mex., says: It is stated here on high govern- ment authority that President Diaz will secure from congress leave to take a vacation of six months and will start about June 1, for Europe. It is further stated that be probably will resign the presidency about the end of the vacation period, Diaz has been in Europe He went to France and took a- house, which atTHT owns, and much of his time will be spent in France if he makes the trip. Diaz Geing to Europe. Miss Oner Woody spent Sunday with Miss Meda Cuzick. Aaron has met with a large num- ber of the candidates who are good looking and intelligent One thing we noticed in particular they all had showed that most of them had not been in the habit of taking much medicine, Eyes clear and bright ing out the theory that cod Weather gives freshness to thg face and clearness to the eye, @ne saw a beautiful little babe and told the parents to bring the child to town to have its picture taken. Aaron wishes them all well. Some of our geod farmers have be- Tuesday morning Washington |" to plant corn and anticipate a Park rested better last night than large yield. he had for several nights. He is get- Arthur Chambers went to Montrose ting quitefeeble. His limbsund body | Friday and purchased a new harrow. arebadly swollen. Coldnessofhands| D-H. Kash, our rustling auctien- and feet produces shortness of /@¢? cried a sale neat Burdett Fri- breath. Aaroy, | day. It will be but a few days till all the candidates can have a good chance to visit their homes and find a few hours to talk over there defeat and there loss in finance. Mesdames Ben. McBride and John Wilson spent a few hours, the guest of Mrs. W. H. Shelton Friday even- ing. Several of Elm (irove’s young peo- ple went to South Deepwater fishing Saturday and met with grand suc- cess. Mrs. Susie Gilliland and Miss Georgia Ramsey were the guest of Mrs. Hugh Gilliland Thursday. Lvans Stevens and wife were the guest of Mrs. 8.’s parents Saturday night and Bunday. Bert Gilliland made a business trip to Butler one day last week. Quite a number of Mr. Holt’s rela- tives dined with him Sunday. C. Allison spent Sunday iu this community. Travis Payne was the guest of Leslie Offal Sunday. Messrs. Bert. Crigler and Reason Fisher went to Montrose Sunday. Misses Gertie and Lulu Shelton were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Kash last Wednesday. Clay Cumpton was in our midst the first of the week trying to buy a pony. ‘ Otho and George Allison made a Deepwater Items. Want Their Flag. St. Paul, Minn., April &8.—Mrs. 8. H. Nunally, formerly a resident of Mississippi, but now of St. Paul, to- day called on Governor Van Sant and presented a petition from twen- ty-five survivors of the Thirty-first Mississippi regiment asking the vet- erans of the Fourth Minnesota to return to them the flags captured by the Fourth regiment at the battle of Altoona. There are five flags. The petition will befpresented to the vet- erans of the Fourth at their annual reunion to bejheld during the coming summer. The Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia is a breeding ground of malaria germs. So is low, wet or marshy ground everywhere. These germs cause weakness, chills and fever, aches in the bones and muscles, and may induce dangerous mal: But Electric Bitters never fail to destroy them and cure malarial troubles. They will surely prevent typhoid. “We tried many remedies for malaria and stomach and liver treubles,” writes John Charleston, of Byesville, O., “but never found any- thing as good as Electric Bitters.” Try them. Only 50c. H. L. Tucker guarantees satisfaction. Resisted Two Burglars. Joplin, Mo., April 9.—Frank Cox had a very narrow escape last night from being killed by burglars who | business trip to Schell City last week, entered his home just about dusk,| 4nd also visited their brother while Cox was sitting in the front room | there... when someone knocked. Cox asked| Several of our good farmers went them to come in, and a burglar with} to Montrose the first of the week, gun in hand entered. A struggle en-| and bought their summer goods and sued. Theburglar fired several shots | Provisions. without serious results. A confeder-| Jessie Blizzard, one of Johnstown’s ate who had remained on the outside | Tustling merchants, got a big trade then entered and the three fought. | Saturday evening. The robbers became frightened and| Miss Dollie Fortner, of near Spsuce, escaped. Cox was badly dealt with,| will spend the summer with her but will recover. Pi grandma, Mrs. Lizzie Morehead, in RP eH our community. A Confessed Embezzler. Miss Dollie Marbett, who is stay- St. Joseph, Mo., April 9.—Lee Gal-| ing in Butler this summer, came to laher, paying teller of the First Na- Johnstown Saturday, where she will tional bank of this city, was arrested | spend a few days visiting relatives to-night on a charge of embezzling} and friends, and then return to But thefunds of the bank. President jgy, Jacob Ford swore to the complaint.| Rey, Cowan preached at Johnstown — sum is alleged to be $2,- Saturday night in the Christian : church, There was alargecongrega- The money is said to have been - tfon present. Rose, stolen in small amounts. Gallaher ‘is said to be 39 years eld, married and well connected. He refused to make a statement concerning the charges, but confessed that he is dn ‘embezzler. us WanTeD.—Man to take charge of Branch office ef our wholesale busi- ness in this vicinity. Address, with references, ‘ A. T. Moran, 23-46 Sedalia, Mo. ee ee