The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 15, 1904, Page 9

sifratitetireiife: [SyitSiiisy | WARRENSBURG BUSINESS COLLEGE | "THE BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES. FRIDAY, SEPT. @ 1904 Vou. 2¢ NUMBER 45 _REPORTED OF RAILWAYS— Railroads in Argentina are making favorable progress, it is. reperie du der the direction of Enmstish cay ists For several years a@ recom’ has been kept of the wear of loc on the Danish state ra:lwars The single drivers are fend = than four-coupled, the t than six-coupled, and im all casos wear is increased by flimsiness of raad. The Prussian state railroats during their fiscal year ending with March last earned $24,013,962 more than dur. ing the previous year, a seven per cent. increase. This is nearly $30,000,600 more than was estimate! when the year began, there having S©en mean while a marked improvemen in busi Bess in the country. The German government exhibit at the St. Louts f block system and switch in use in Germany. More than 1,50 feet of track, in the construction of which both iron and wooden ties were used, have been laid. There are a sta tion house, two switch towers and one intermediate block signal post Since 1880 the population of the south has increased about 60 per cen’. while its manufactured products b increased by 251 per cent mileage has increased and the production of pi cent. In the coal indust output has jumped s $6,000 annually to $82,000. development has been stead lines, The last railroad bui American rails Ar their fron and motors, and galvanic wires ¢t Egypt, too has‘ more than delphia bridge. Tt road cars from Jersey City hs their way into the land raohs, and in the for burg electrical tramways to connect Cairo with t The Oroyo railroad, wh from Callao to the gold fields of C de Pasco, is considered one of the wo ders in the Peruvian world mencing in Callao, it ascen row valley of the Rimac 5,000 feet in the first : ralroad ows the m {t goes through the intricate ge the Sierras till it tunnels the An an altitude of 15,045 feet, the h point in the world where a pis MUSICIANS, ACTORS, WRITERS. Kubelik, Bohemian v t, ts said to have made over $500,000 three years, Sarasate is 60 years old now, and bas played on the same violin since he was 12 years of age. Mme. Rostand, wife of the famous French author and playwright, ts about to issue a volume of her own poems. Mile. Marthe Dupny, whose remarh- able volume of sonnets has won the Sully Prudhomme prize, lives {in an attic. Joseph Jefferson says he wa ° off the stage once. He was four years old, and tried to sing “The Star- Spangled Banner.” A manuscript by the composed Pa'es- trina was stolen some time ago in *? Roman Lateran. It is valued at and is believed to be in Germany Actors belonging to the Court th Vienna, are not allowed to perform charitable purposes except in payment of a certain fixed fee, which {s handedorer to the pension fund of their theater F, Hopkinson Smith recently re marked: “If I can tell the whole stor of my novel in five minutes at a cinner table and secure the undivided atten- tion of my listeners, I know that !t is good. If! fail to do this, my work wil! be in vain.” Lieut. W. E. Safford, recently of the avy, but now of the department of agriculture, has about 200 books from the library of the late Robert Louis Stevenson. Among them is the Bible which belonged to Stevenson’s father. He bought the books in Samoa. Few Americans can boast of so lone and distinguished an ancestry as Mrs. H. A. Mitchell Keays, author of “He That Eateth Bread with Me.” She re tn the last eently received a letter from a distant relative interested in genealogy which contained Mrs. Keays’ family tree writ- ten out, showing its roots reaching back to Henry III. of Eng!and. A song in the heart is worth two in the choir. Hurry & Worry are always trying to borrow from Slow & Steady. The true soldier is always ready ‘o heip put a stop to the fighting. You'll never run up the hill of progress by neighbors. SHORT AND SENSIBLE. running down yer is moved by steam. This elevation ts reached in 78 miles. | | # #—# Warrensburg, Missouri. B. &. TS: BK. RB. PARKER, President Business Course. HIS Course embraces Book-keeping (single and double entry), Commer- cial Law, Commercial Arithmetic, Busi- ness Penmanship, Business Letter Writ- ing, Spelling, Actual Business Practice, Rapid Calculation and Banking. Everyone should take this course, as we are making it as practical as possible and no business man has a complete ed- ucation without such a course. Shorthand and Gy pewriting THis Course includes Shorthand and Typewriting, Letter Writing, Spell- ing, Practical Penmanship, Mimeograph- ing and Office Practice. Our students are taught accuracy and speed, and consequently have had no trouble in holding good positions. WL. HEDGES Tuition. Life scholarship in Shorthand and Typewriting, $40.00 Lite scholarship in Business Comme, .. 52.5455. ae Life Scholarship in Telegraphy, 40.00 By the month, eee 8.00 Combination of either two courses, 60.00 Students may enter at any time. Fall term opens Sept. 5, 1904. SAM SWEARINGEN, Mr. Sam Swearingen, after working hours. took our Stenographic Course. and in a short time was able to take his Present position with the Scenic Rail- way Co.. St. Louis, Mo. at a good salary. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: PARKER, W.L. HEDGES, President Commercial Bank. CHEATHAM, Cashier Citizens’ Bank. EARL COPFMAN, Aas’t Cashier American Bank. HE Warrensburg Business College has for its first aim the thorough and practical training of its students in the shortest time and at the least expense possible. We are using the newest methods and texts that have been sufficiently tried to insure their practicability. Our instructors have made special prep- aration for this work in our best colleges, and besides this they have taught successfully in the public schools of Missouri and Illinois. RUBERT F WADDELL, Music Director. President. . A. LEE SMISER, Secretary and Treasurer. "THOROUGH course of instruction in dolin and Harmony by competent in- structors. was established by the present Director Robert E. Wadell, in 1890. start the school has commanded a large patronage and has established a reputation for careful, conscientious work. The graduates of this school are successful teachers and performers, occupying po- sitions of prominence. \. LEE SMISEK, Seeretary ar Treas Warrensburg School of Music. ROBERT E. WADELL, Director. Warrensburg, Mo Piano, Voice, Violin, Guitar, Man- Diplomas awarded. The Warrensburg School of Music From the VIOLA SNODDY. Miss Viola Snoddy is private Sten- ographer to Rev. E. H. Garrison, editor of The Christian Evangelist. (Please mention this paper wl @n writing for information.) EARL COFFMAN Penmanship. We teach Practical Business Pen- manship. Telegraphy. This department is in charge of an experienced operator Either of the four courses is supposed to be completed in about six months. depending upon the student FRED GURLEY Mr. Fred Gurley left our school at fourteen years of age and took his pres- ent position in the train dispatcher's office, Milan, Mo. Ce | |: S0c.and $1.00: all druasiete _ | sistemas 6897000098800. «> <wre 4 | oo OOS 19 192> HDS AOO POS FOO POE