The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 18, 1902, Page 10

BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. President Restoration. Declares That the Barring of the Book Robs Education of One of Its Most Helptat Sources of Knowledge. “Quarreling among the sects and the churches about interpre- tation has stricken the Bible from the reading of the American people. See- tarianism has brought about such a serious condition in this nation that the English Bible is no longer known as literature, and consequently the people cannot understand the basic el- ements of our civilization, 'Ti.is is what Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi- dent of Columbia university, told 8,- 000 persons at the general session of the National Educational association at Minneapolis, He made an impas- sioned appeal for the restoration of the English Bible in the schools, not from a religious standpoint, but from that of a book which had been the foundation of Christian civilization, and the inspiration of the bestin Eng- lish literature. His appeal was inter- rupted by tremendous applause from all points in the Exposition building. Dr, Butler spoke on “Some Pressing Problems in Education,” and that of the Bible he considered to be of vital importance, “Iam not talking of the Bible now in the sense of using it for religious instruction, or for the promotiun of theology,” he said, “My thesis is that the neglect of the Bible caused by see tarianism has incapacitated the rising generation from knowing the beauties of the greater writers in the English language from Chaucer to Browning, and from understanding as well as placing them outside the pale of knowl- edge of their own civilization, With- out knowledge of the Bible one can- not read and understand the glories of Milton and Shakespeare and ‘Ten- nyson. I read the first 12 lines ‘Paradise Lost’ to a group of college students one day, and none of them could understand the reference to bib- lical history, in nessed a disgraceful scene during a most solemn Christian ceremony. Christians were fighting and strug- gling among each other to see the pro- cession, and the sueering Mohamme- dan soldiers, the miserable ‘lurks, were pushing the unruly Christians back, ‘This is a sample of what we have here, The Christians are fighting among themselves over their interpre- tation of the Bible, and are gradually driving it out of mind, “The present condition is shameful, We have and are impoverishing life and literature by burying our treas- ure-house under the dust of theological discussion. The Bible is ‘the inspira- tion on which the best English style has been built. Even the non-Chris- tion has to read the Bible in order to understand history. You cannot un- derstand oriental history without reading the Vedas, nor Grecian his- tory without knowing something of Greek mythology.” _TO TRY STEEL ROADS, Interesting Experiment to Be Tried in New York in Interests of Better Roads, Experiments shortly will be made at New York with steel roads. A com- mittee of the Automobile Club of Amer- ica, appointed some time ago, has been at work on the scheme, but had about given up because of the difficulty expe- rienced in procuring prompt dglivery on the special steel plates required. Chairman Seligman, of the special committee, announced, however, that President Schwab, of the United States Steel corporation, has become inter- ested in the experiment, and not only will have the plates rolled at once, but will donate enough to build one mile of road. Conferences are now under way with the city authorities With a view to se- lecting suitable locations for the tests. It is proposed that one section shall be placed in the heavy trucking dis- trict down town, another in a street of general travel, and a third in the suburbs, on an earth foundation. MISSOURI'S MANY FARMS. { A Government Census Report Gives to the State 284,886, Valued at ‘ $843,079,213, The farms of Missouri number 284,- 886, valued at $843,979,213, according to a census report issued recently on agriculture in Missouri for the cen- sus year 1900. The total value of farm property was $1,033,121,897, which includes $28,602,680, as the value of farm implements and ma- chinery, and $160,540,004 as the value of live stock. The total value of farm products for 1899 was $219,296,970, of which 45 per cent. was in animal products and 55 per cent. in crops, including forest products, cut or produced on farms. The total value of farm products for 1899 exceeds that for 1886 by $100,545,946, or 100 per cent. The gross farm income of the state for 1899 was $161,344,610, and gross income upon investment 16 per cent. Sueceas of American Women, A Londoner of exalted social tion was asked recently to what he at- ¥ ‘ ] 4 whee Butler Pleads for Its | religious | | AQUARIUM FOR PROF. LOEB. University of Chicago Determined te Keep the Scientist at Almost Any Cost, The installa equipped aqua nm of a completely um at the University of Chieago is the possible result of the tempting offer made by Prof. Jacques Loeb, the head of the department of physiology in the Midway institution, by the University of California. The university authorities are determined to keep Prof. Loeb at all costs, and such an aquarium, which he needs in order to carry on his experimentation with marine animal life, is talked of as a means of holding him. Prof. Loeb is engaged in research work at the bi al station at Wood's Holl, Mas present, and his colleagues at the university are unable to say how seriously he is considering the California offer. Prof. Lewellys Rarker, head of the department of anatomy, said, however, that the su- perb facilities for research work in biology which the University of Cali- form had to offer would undoubtedly be most tempting to Prof. Loeb. The cost of ereeting such an aquari- um would be from $7,000 to $10,000 and the cost of maintenance a few thou- sand dollars a year. Such an aquarium could be used, not only for physiolog- ical experimentation, but for botanical and embryologieal work as well. Its value to the university and to the city of Chicago would be’ out of all pro- portion to its cost.” ATMOSPHERE OF OXFORD. Birmingham, England, Professor De- clares It Is the One Thing Amer- jean Colleges Lack, After a trip of inspection through a number of American universities, Prof. R. D. Redmayne, of Birmingham, Eng- land, who is in New York city, said: “I could not fail to be struck with the fact that all your great institu- tions of learning are yet lacking in that indefinable something that con- tributes so much to making Oxford what it is, Apart, removed a long way from the practical life of the world, or seemingly so apart, the community of Oxford scholars has given to the how, in the course of time, their in- fluence has filtered out to the world and affected men’s thoughts and ideas, has become potent in shaping history. But when I saw the stamp of men you have in your universities and the stamp of young men they are turning out, 1 became convinced that your in- stitutions will have in time this po- tent and precious atmosphere, and will treasure names like those of Ar- nold and Newman and the rest. The secret for you is the secret of the Ox- ford lawns, as told by the old gardener to the rich American. Still, I am glad that the new scholarships will enable you to send over to us each year so many men as to feel this atmosphere, and carry back the word of it.” STEAL OLD ENGLISH RELIC. River Pirates Succeed in Carrying OM Historic Bell Which Was In- + tended for King Edward. Thinks Pattison May Be Democratic Warrensburg, Mo., September 12.— David A. DeArmond, Congressman from the Sixth District, stated here to-day that the next Democratic nominee for President would in all probability be a man who makes a good race for Governor. Pattison, making the race for Governor again, asastrong possibility. Pattison is the only Democratic Governor Penn- sylvania ever had, and should he win a third time, he would make a formidable presidential candidate, according to Mr. DeArmond. A Boy’s Wild Ride For Life. Nominee. With his family around him ex- New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, W.. H. Brown, of Leesville, Ind., endured death’s ago- nies from asthma, but this wonderful medicme gave instant relief and soon and soon cured him. now sleep soundly every night.” Like marvelous cures of consumption, pneumonia, bronchitis, coughs, colds and ef prove its matchless merit for all throatand lung trubles. Guar- anteed bottles 50e ‘und $L. Trial | bottles free at H. L. Tucker's drog store. He referred to fomer Governor f Pennsylvania, who is § TOO MUCH MONEY. Queen Some friends are tellling, we are paying too much money for grain, seeds and hay. It’s true we ore handling, on the smallest margin ever attempted in Bates County, WHEAT, OATS, FLAX, HAY AND TIMOTHY. But this is all the better for the farmer. Come right along with your stuff. Highest possible prices, Old Farmers’ Exchange, north end of depot. Up- town oftice under Hotel Ross. Peoples Elevator Co. BUTLER, MISSOURI. CLARENCE C. LYLE, Treasurer. CHAS. H. ZABRISKIE, Secretary. SACKS FREE, SALE OR NO SALE. f : i : : : THE MAN TO SEE When you need your buggy, carriage or spring wagon repaired is TT. WwW. LEGG. He can cut up your axles and take out the wiggle wobble. He has just put in the best machine made for putting on RUBBER TIRES. e don’t know everything but WE KNOW THE BUGGY BUSINESS. We sell Buggy Tops, Dashes, Cushions, Shafts, Poles and the Best Paint on earth. T. W, LEGG, East Room Iron Block. Southeast Corner Square. morning on board the ship Attractor, moored at the Morris street dock, Jersey City, when the crew discov- ered that during the night river pirates had boarded the .vessel and carried away the most precious thing on board—part of an old ship's bell, bearing the inscription, “Prince of Wales, 1740,” and consigned to King Edward of England. The bell, or rather the pieces of it, were intrusted to the care of Capt. Scott, of the Attractor, by the Brit- ish officials of Kingston, Jamaica, the captain promising to forward it to the king upon his arrival in port at Jersey City. The relic, together with coins valued at more than $10,- 000, had been recovered from the sea by native fishermen at a point near Kingston and turned over to the British officials, who upon discover- ing the inscription, decided to send it to King Edward as a coronation gift. “LOST CHORDS OF SOLOMON.” Cantor of Boston Hebrew Congrega- tiom Makes a Very Important Discovery. Rev. Max Halpern, cantor of the Hebrew congregation of Beth Israel | of Boston, has just unearthed a num- ber of the sacred tunes and airs of ancient Jewish composition, known as the “Lost Chords of Solomon.” They are contained in some very aged manuscripts and have remained hid- den because of the profound learn- ing necessary to recognize and trans- late them. These newly-discovered hymns, which are unquestionably of Solomon’s own time, exceed in excel- lence any more recent compositions and furnish evidence of the high at- tainments of the Jews of old. The key to the songs consists of an ar- rangement of accents about the let- ters of the text, and its discovery is a highly important one. : Enhances Value of Diam An obscure diamond cutter at Ant-|- werp, Belgium, has invented a new sys- tem of diamond cutting, giving to the gem 84 facets and nearly a spherical form. This treatment redoubles the beilliancy of the gem and, as the pat- ent is kept » secret, ft is hoped that it may revive the diamond-cutting indus- tery, which has lagged badly of late. You have it. You don’t want it. Then why keep it? Drive it out with Ayer’s Malaria and Ague Cure. be 5.0 tert Mu CEPR RE CELL LPP EBA PRLPPEEPL LIE AP GROSS, MISSOURI STATE BANK, OF BUTLER, MISSOURI. Capital $55,000. Surplus. $6,000: Under state supervision and is frequently examined by the State Bank Examiners, has 46 stockholders living “In Bates county, with a board of 13 successful business men as-Direotors, Large fire proof vault for the protection of ours and customers papers and full insurance against possible logs of cash by burglars. Loansmoney, receives deposits and transacts a general banking business. With ample capital and 21 years successful experience we solicit your patronage, offering absolute security for your deposits, courteous treatment and every facility and ac- commodation that is consistent with safe banking rules, Always have money to loan, ; WM. E, WALTON, Pres. J, R. JENKINS, Cashier. ' J.B, WALTON, Ase’t Cashier, § WALTON TRUST CO. OF BUTLER MISSOURI. on in Bates, Vernon and Barton counties, Missouri, at the Very Lowest Rates of Interest. Every land owner wanting a loan should call and get our jot ik Bates County trom the U.S. patent down, to date, rom the U. jown records daily, We furnish Tellable Abstradte nt reasonable Interest Paid on ime Deposits. Ebi swe ——DIRECTORS— = Booker Powell, 0. R. Radford,” Bam ievy, TJ. Wright. pecting him to die, and a son riding | for life, 18 miles, to get Dr. King’s | RELIC HUNTERS SHUT OUT. Contractors Making Alterations Were Hindered by People Eager te Secure Souvenirs, At the request of the contractors who are remodeling the white house the grounds of the mansion have been has caused much complaint, particu- larly among visitors to Washington, some of whom expressed themselves as bitterly disappointed when they were refused admittance. The order was directed principally against the relic hunters, who have worked indus- triously over the piles of debris taken from the building. A woman dressed in black was the most noticeable as well as the most! active of these, She confined her efforts entirely to heaps of plastering and was assisted by a negro boy, who filled sev- eral barrels with odds and ends and took them away in a wagon, Tt devel- oped that this woman was the agent of another woman who has a national reputation as an agitator before con- gress of measures intended to help those of her sex who are obliged to} work for a living. She intended to have a picture of the white house printed on each bit of plaster and to dispose of them to souvenir buyers. Most of the relic hunters have devoted themselves to gathering handmade nails used in the construction of the original white house. That all the woodwork was not destroyed when it was set afire by the British on August 24, 1814, has been shown by the charred timbers, mostly joists and rafters, the workmen have removed. John Jacob Plans the Speediest and Most Elegant Floatin Palace Yet Built, A steam yacht that will equal any- thing afloat in comfort and elegance, and surpass all pleasure vessels in point of speed, is projected by John Jacob Astor, He has called for plans and specifications with the intention of having it ready for commission next year, It is understood that the vessel will cost in the neighborhood of $500,000, Plans are being drawn at sions of the projected craft being 240 feet on the water line, 280 feet over all; beam, 32 feet, and draft 16 feet. There will be two quadruple expan- sion engines, with a combined horse- power of 6,000, which are calculated to drive the vessel at 22% knots an hour, a greater speed than that of any ocean- going yacht afloat, or of any pleasure craft, if such vessels as the Vamoose and Arrow be excepted. Mr. Astor's vessel will have twin propellers, two masts, and two funnels, and for or- dinary- cruising purposes will have a coal capacity of 325 tons. In point of size the new yacht will exceed that of anything owned on this side of the Atlantic, with the ex- ception of Oliver H. Payne’s Aphro- dite, which is 302 feet over all; J. Pierpont Morgan’s Corsair, 304 feet over all; James Gordon Bennett's Lysistrata, 314 feet over all; and sev- eral others, All these, while exceeding Mr. Astor’s vessel in point of size are not to be compared in point of speed. CASH FOR NEW CAMPANILE, New York Banker, Descendant from Doges, Sends $100,000 to the City of Venice, Giovanni P. Morosini, a descendant of an ancient family which has given Venice several doges and who is now a wealthy banker of New York City, has sent $100,000 to help rebuild the eampanile. The contribution has cre- ated great emotion, When Mr. Moro- sini left Venice he was poor. The architect Boni, to whom has been given the work of reconstructing the campanile, has been intrusted also with the examination of and care for all the other Venetian monuments. closed to the public by Col. T. A. Bing- 1 He writes: “1; ham, the officer incharge. Thisaction | | NEWFOREST RESERVE Natural Park to Be Established at | Head of Mississippi. Large Part of the Lands of the (ded Chippewa Reservations tof Be Controlied by the Depart- ment of Agriculture. A natural park at the headwaters of the Mississippi, a project upon ; which Col. Cooper and other Chica- goans have been working for years, is at last w certainty. Under the bill which passed congress at the last session, and which the president has signed, a large part of the lands of the ceded Chippewa reservation will be made a forest reserve under the control of the secretary of agricul- ture. The act permits the sale of a percentage of the pine timber upon sealed bids, but guards against the | lands being denuded, and guarantees the beginning of what Col. Cooper and others hope will become a great national reservation that: will con- serve the water supply of the great Mississippi. The principal and novel featike of the new law is that for the first Yne in the history of the general govegn- ment its forests are to be cut, tredy- ed and regrown in accordance wit the rules and prectice of modern fo estry. For this purpose 231,400 acres, | or 360 square miles, are set apart and called “forestry lands.” They are to be selected by and kept under the control, care and management of the forester of the department of agri- culture, who “shall have power at all times to protect and patrol said lands and forests and to enforce all rules and regulations made by him, The country is fortunate in having in the oftice of forester Gifford Pinchot, one of the most devoted and best equipped foresters in the world. He is a comparatively young man, and of great private fortune, which he employs in the service of our forests. Upon these forestry lands only 95 per cent, of the merchantable pine trees are to be cut, and the slashings are to be burned so as to protect the remaining trees from forest fires. bm addition hese Tores' ands the government retains all the primeva! timber and lands on the islands“ Cass and Leech lakes and sevgfal beauty places on Leech lake, agfre- gating about 17,000 acres, from Which no timber whatever is to be cut. The law further provides that the tracts not embraced in the forestry lands or in the 17,000 acres in the islands and other points on which no tim- ber is to be cut shall be open to homestead settleinent. The proceeds of the sale of the merchantable pine and the lands sold to homesteaders are to be paid into the United States treasury, to thé credit of the 1,600 Chippewa Indians of Minnesota. Each Indian, man, woman or child, living on the four reservations is entitled to have an individual allotment of 80 acres. Of the 830,162 acres the following will be the result when the new law is. carried cut: oO Acres. | Water surface (lakes, rivers, streams).218,470 Indian allotments +140, 000 | Forestry lands .... 281,000 Islands in Cass and Li id points around Leech lake A000 Open settlement HOW SUNDAY WON THE GAME. Converted Ball Player Tells of the Way in Which a Prayer Helped Him to Cateh a Ball, | William M: Sunday, the ex-ball play- er, is doing evangelical work in the Indiana gas belt and is addressing | large crowds wherever he goes. He has been preaching at Winona recent- ly, and ia one of his discourses he said it was in a ball game that he got his first convincing faith in prayer. “It was the final bout with Detroit,” -| Tenults, although s portion of the arm" othe present mayor of Cleveland, The recovery of the decorations of , Said he, “and the score was close, The the Sansovino Loggetta is proceeding | last half of the ninth inning was being satisfactorily. In addition té the played. Two men were out, and De- bronze gates, which were found in-! troit, with Charley Bennett at bat, tact, the whole front cornice, with had one man on second and another at three marble bas-reliefs, was found third, He had two strikes on him and practically undamaged,and the bronze three balls called, when he fell on a Mercury was only slightly injured. _| pal? with terrific force. It started for, Among the bricks of which the cam- the clubhouse. Benches had been panile was built have been found Ro- placed in the field for spectators, an man bricks from Aquileia, the birth- gg I saw the ball sailing through my place of the Venetians, evidently section of the air I realized that it brought as relics of their old home. going over the crowd, and I calj#€: Portions of the tower prove to have' ‘Get out of the way.’ The c#wd been hollow and filled with rubbish. | opened, and as I ran and leaped fhose benches I said one of the swiftest FRESH TUBERCULOSIS TEST. | prayers I have ever offered. It was: p — « French Physi Who Inoculated Se wos sgn ton og a mprtlnees Himself Shows Slight Symy “I went, over those benches as ptoms of Disease, though wings were carrying me.up. I threw out my hand while. in the air Dr. Garnault, who three weeks ago and the ball struck and stuck: The inoculated himself with bovine tuber-, culosis in order to test Prof. Koeh’s * theory that the disease cangot be com- municated from animals to man, has, up to the present time, suffered no ill is hardly orthodox, I am sure the Lora helped me catch that ball, and it was my first great lesson in prayer. . “A. Joh trother of Tom which was inoculated appears to be developing symptoms of the disease. The doctor works as usual, his appe- _ Tran up to me end handed me a $10 bill exclaiming: ‘Buy a new hat, Bill.’ That tite is good, his sleep sound, and his Qatem WOR mie ¥1,000,"" 5 healthy and robust apperance un- Mixed as t r ged, _If-at the expiration of-two!.—Aawyer- ina Missouri-to months tuberculosis does not declare making frequent meferences to. espeare in his addi itself he will Paigearg Hs panied ny ae and a rs cutting into the a laying the to the jury. concluded ie ee substance under the skin, | burst of eloquence: “Nearly s00y: present application of this pol- ago the lowly Nazarine stood on sonous mattet was toa spoton the arm ' round:top hills of Judea and- which was ‘prepared by, means df a claimed unto the world that he blister. m4 ‘ ' steals my purse steals game was ours. Though the deduction | | | aN i