The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 24, 1904, Page 6

“7 Niven: TOO COLD FOR A BATTLE A Sharp Wind Has Silenced Jap and Russ. Mukden, Nov. 21.—Four days of sharp cold has silenced the artillery and infantry fire between. the oppos- ing positions and has driven the sol- diers into their dugouts along the entire intreached line Theapparent impossibility of either side to eject the other from their burrows, and the fact that in this event one side eueceeded in advancing it could not dig the other out of ita cantonmente on account of the froat, seems to promise a winter's inactivity, although the Japanese three daye ago made a amall reconnoissance toward the extreme east and pushed back the Rusaian cavalry a few miles as if they were Investigating the pos- aibilities for a flanking movement. It seems impossible that either aide, in any case, could more than occupy {te opponents winter quarters. The wells along the lines are dry and both sides use the Shakhe river, where the eoldiers approach unarm- edand get water under recognized mutual aanction not to fire on a lone aoldier. Here the noble art of war is confined to fistenffa and swapping cigarettes, jack knives and food, al) of which sre prized. Familiarities are inevitable where long lines are in continned contact. Thearmies have now been atationary forso long that they are drawing supplies of fuel and horse forage from the distant rear, all other supplies being exhausted. Republican to Aid Folk. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 20,—After the election Leslie J. Lyons, the R- publican representative-elect from the sixth district, wrote a letter to Joseph W. Folk, in which Mr. Lyons asaured the governor elect he would co-operate with him in carrying out any reforms beneficial to the state. and that “petty politica” would not govern his actions in the least. Mr. Folk replied as follows: Dear Vr. Lyons—Your letter re- ceived. I thank you most sincerely for your kind expreasions, and it is particularly gratifying to know that, although you area Republican, elect ed as representative from your coun ty, you will give me your auoport in all measures that: will tend to benefit this people. The reforms that I pro pose are, after all, non-partisan, for whatever benefits our state helps a Republican as much as a Democrat and everything that injures the state hurts every Republican as well as every Demorrat Your letter is especially gratifying to me and I hope you will call to see Me as 800n as you get to Jefferson . City, eo that we can havea full and free talk together. With kindest re- garde I am sincerely yours. Josrera W. Fok To Ballot for Missouri Senator January 17 Jefferson City, Mo. Nov. 21 —Inter est ia awakening in the coming ses- sion of the legislature, for the reason that among other matters which it will be called upon to consider, it will choose a United States Senator to succeed Senator Cockrell. The legis lature will meet January 4. January 9 Gov. elect Folk will beinaugurated. The oath of office will be administer- ed to Mr. Folk by. Judge Theodore Brace, of the state supreme court, who will then be the chief justice of that tribunal, his term as @ member of the court being nearestexpiration. On the second Tuesday after the con- vening and organization of the gen- eral assembly, which will be January 17, balloting for elvction of senator will begin. Eighteen senators and seventy-two representatives can se- lect the senator The joint assembly is not required by law to take more than one ballot on any one day, but it is permitted to take as many bal lote ns it desires. To be Led Away by Rope. Post-Dispatch. Before sunset Thursday the 230 Chinamen at the World’s Fair Chi- néee village, includidg 12 women, will be lined up single file and each will be tied to a continuous rope by asailor’s knot. Then all will’ be marched to the World’s Fair Wa bash reaps placed s upon @ special train cars for trans< to San Francisco and toChina. : Minute Insect Comes from Cuba in the Finest Havana and Eats the Cigars. “Don't you want some fine Havana tobacco?” saia the tobacconist to a cus- tomer. “I am just breaking up some 30-cent cigars and the tobacco in them ought to be pretty good.” He had a cigar box nearly full of the rich, dark-looking leaves, says the New York Sun. The customer eyed them laughingly for a moment and then said, with a sigh: a “Thirty cent cigars are just about the size of my taste, but a world too big for my income.” . “Not at all,” said the tobacconist, cheerfully. “I am going to put this tobacco in a paper bag and give it to you without money and without price. And here is one of the 30-cent cigars. I give you that also.” “Well,” said the customer, “you are very kind, certainly. But it seems a little queer. Do you give these little hand-outs to everybody?” “Oh, I’m not at all buggy,” said the clerk, laughing. “The bug is in the cigar, not in my upper story. “Look at your 30-cent cigar. Don't you see those two little holes in the side—right there in the middle of the cigar’s back, just where a fine cigar smoke gets at its best?” Sure enough, there were the holes. They looked as though a pin might have been thrust into the back of the cigar. “The bug made 'em,” said the clerk. “He's not much bigger than a flea. He is an epicure, too. He only comes with the finest Havana leaves. “He is so small that the cigarmaker rarely sees him when he makes the cigar. The little beggar that ruined that cigar was wrapped down in Cuba when the cigar was made. Maybe the egg out of which he was hatched was wrapped up. “At all events he got there, and when one of those bugs gets into a cigar it is good-by cigar, and, gener- ally speaking, it is good-by all the other cigars in the box. The bug worked his way out of the cigar you have through one of those two holes in the side. Then he tackled all the other cigars within reach, “He wasn’t satisfied with making the hole he came out of in the cigar you have. He made another hole and worked back into it again. Maybe there were more bugs than one in this particular box. Anyway the bug or bugs did the business for the whole lot. “Out of 25 30-cent cigars that came in this box from Cuba there were just seven that were not ruined, so far as sale is concerned. The gne you have was about as little damaged as any. “If you put a little piece of paper over the holes you can smoke the ci- gar all right. Its flavor is not. dam- aged. But we never could sell it. When we have a box thus affected there is nothing to do but break up the cigar into smoking tobacco and give it away. “Tt is all a dead loss to us when a box of cigars is thus ruined. We can’t get back to the person who sold the cigars to us.° We have to take the chance of the bug and pocket the loss.” MILKMAN WAS TOO DARING Used Customer’s Water to Increase Quantity of Lacteal Fluid on Delivery, Julius Kruttschmitt, of San Fran- cisco, general manager of the South- ern Pacific railroad, recently gave out the largest single order for steel rails that the business world has ever known, says the New York Tribune. A reporter, discussing this order with Mr. Kruttschmidt, called it a “daring” one. “No,", said the railroad magnate, smiling, “there is nothing daring about it. Daring things are those that have in them something risky, something insecure. For instance, you might term ‘daring’ the well- known action of Hanks, the milkman, in the millionaire’s house.” “Hanks, the milkman?” said the re- porter, puzzled. “Yes, Hanks, the milkman. He one morning forgot to water his milk. In the back hallway of his best cus tomer he remembered this omission. A huge tub of fine, clear water stood on the floor by his side; there was no one to spy on him, and thrice, be-| - fore the maid brought up the jugs, Hanks diluted his milk with a large measure filled from the tub. Then he served the young woman calmly and went on, “ “As he was bellowing dbwn the next ‘area, the first customer's footman beckoned to him. He returned and was ushered into the presence of the customer himself, a millionaire. “ Hanks,’ said the gentleman, ‘I pr2- fer hereafter to water my own milk." “ ‘Well, sir,’ said Hanks, ‘it’s useless to deny the thing, for, I suppose you were watching me while—’ ; “'No,’ saig the millionaire. ‘No one was begew eget ne But the {act is, Hanks, the chi are taking medi- cinal baths, and the tub in the rear hallway was full of sea water.’” + ssser of Two Evils, mecyone, Sasa {as train stopg) —I say, conductor, are those two men |taking 4 straw vote? ‘ @onductor—No; they are taking up “Train robbers, - a .collection. you “Oh, then, it isn't as:bad as I sus- Rigs csi | moar of the Ostrich Resembles That of the Lion—Explanation of an Ornithologist. The roar of the ostrich resembies the roar of the lion because the ostrich stole from the lion this sound, even as one playright steals from another a plot. An ornithologist made that odd asser- tion in a taxidermist’s shop. He went on to elaborate it as follows: “Birds, from the ostrich down, are imitative. The ostrich, where he lives alone, is silent, but in a country where lions abound he roars. Why? Because for centuuries admiring the majesty and grandeur of the lion’s roar, he gradually learned to roar himself. Believe me, it is fine to see an dstrich throw back his little head and emit a roar like distinct thunder. “Buntings imitate pipits, and green- finches imitate yellowhammers. They seek their food in the winter tagether, and they gradually stead each other's calls. “The jay is an insatiable imitator. Some jays will include in their reper- tory not only the whoo-0o of the kite, the scream of the buzzard and the hoot of the owl, but also the bleat of the lamb and the neigh of the horse. “Even the nightingale imitates.. Ina nightingale’s perfect song I have often heard the sip-sip-sisisis of the wood- warbler and the bub-ub-ubble of the nut- hatch.” BUTTERED TEA OF THIBET Sailor Tells of Prized Dish of Natives Which Did Not Exactly Suit His Taste. “Younghusband has reached Lhassa,” said a sailor. “That means that he has eaten buttered tea. Buttered tea is the great dish of the Thibetans, and to re- fuse to eat it is an insult to the people.” He laughted bitterly. “They made me eat their buttered tea,” he said. “I thought that it would kill me.” “What did it look like?” “It looked amber-colored mud, mixed with dirt and slime. It was about as thick as puddin’.” “What did it taste like?” “Taste like? I can'ttell you. It tasted terrible, terrible. Buttered tea, you see, is made of stewed tea leaves, rancid but- ter and flour, all boiled together. First they stew a handful of tea leaves in # quart of water for about an hour. Then they add more water, a pound of rancid butter and about a pint of flour. This mixture they boil over a quick fire, and they serve it hot. “Poor Younghusband! T can imagine him in a Thibetan house, ingratiating himself by eating buttered tea, At every meal the Thibetans expect you to eat a pint of it.” SPEAK ONLY FRENCH THERE Natives of Some Sections of Louisiana Are Entirely Ignorant of the English Language. Congressman Broussard, of Louisi- ana, is, as his name _ indicates, of French descent. He never spoke Eng- lish until he went to Georgetown uni- versity. “It is curious,” says Mr. Broussard, “how the French language has reniained the dominant tongue in my part of the country. “Brought there by Arcadians of Nova Scotia in the eighteenth century, it prevails to-day, and I believe al- ways will. Curoiusly enough, you will find plenty of men in my district with such unmistakably English names as Jones and Hayes who can’t read, speak or write a word of Eng- lish. “Still funnier is the talk of the black people. Their negro French would be unintelligible on Paris, and yet it is the softest, sweetest, most musical speech I ever heard from hu- man lips. It knows no grammar, but it is the very essence of euphony and melody.” TRAMPS AND MOUNTAINS. Geologist Declares Former Avoid Hilly Country Where Farms Are Few and Far Between. ‘ “You never saw a cat bathing in the sea, You never saw a tramp in a moun- tainous country. Each spectacle is of equal rarity.” The speaker, a geologist, smiled. “T know what I am taking about,” he said. “In quest of geological truths 1 have traveled the country over many times, and I have yet to find a tramp among the mountains, Tramps avoid mountains as they avoid soap. “Hence New Hampshire, Vermont and the other mountainous states are singu- larly free from petty thieving and from all such troubles as hoboes cause. And Wence, in those states, it is never neces- gary to lock the doors or the windows. “Tramps avoid mountainous districts because the. walking is gil uphill there and because the farms are few and far between. A fertile and fiat country, with the roads good and the farms close together, suits the tramp.” As Others See Us. Queer ideas about America are still ‘cherished in England. In a recent speech Lord ‘Lamington. said: “i “tn America, if not to-day, at any rate knife was an ‘everyday attire.” Lord Lamington bas held the impor tant positions of member of parliamen' private secretary to the late Lo . Q bad ]3UG GETS FINE TOBACCO. |SOME BIRDS THAT IMITATE | TRAMP SANG “GAUDEAMUS” till quite recently, a revolver or-a bowie ‘ part of a man’s a eo A Knight of the Road’s Passport In- te a Company of College Men in the Country. “You know the old Latin college song ‘Gaudeamus Igitur’?” said the recent —— graduate, to a New York Sun man. (900 Drores “Well, I suppose that it comes pretty = = 4 near being a grip and word with university men the world over. Some- thing that happened this month made me understand how it stands for a col- ise man wherever you hear it. “I was on my vacation up in New Hampshire. Tramping through a little mountain town I happened to meet three or four men of my own fraternjty. I stopped with them that night, and the evening we went to a roadiiouse‘on the outskirts of town for a little saenger- fest. “Of course, before we finished we sang ‘Gaudéamus’—you know it—‘Let us rejoice, therofer, while we are yoting.” When we came to the last stanza, a voice joined in from the doorway. “We turned around. There stood an old, dilapidated tramp.” He came dver to us without any hesitation, and sald, in.a fine German accent: “‘Verever you see a university man, you hear “Gaudeamus Igitur.” Heidel- berg, ‘73. Shake.’ “He was a Heidelberg man, too, I suppose, a degenerated gentleman, for he knew college ways and songs and he showed that he was a well educated man. He got all the beer he wanted out of us that night, and the price of beer besides, which shows that a college education sometimes pays” FIELD WORK IN FORESTRY. Nor NARCOTIC. Aperfect Remedy For tion, Sour Stouscl Dinneisen Worms Convulsions, Feverish- ' ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. FacSimile Signature of For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA Atb old 3) Dosts — 351 Nts ouths Missionaries of the Government Have Caused Important Advance in Knowledge of Trees. In addition to its force engaged in forest-reserve work, the bureau of for- estry has this summer 116 skilled men in the field. Of these 68, scattered in 26 states, are studying commercial trees, making working plans for wood- lots and forests, and gathering data invaluable for the proper management of wooded areas. The remaining 48 experts, divided among ten other States, are studying means of replacing the forest on lands from which jt has been denuded, making planting plans for tracts to be forested, and planting in the western forest reserves. The data they will gather will be worked over and condensed by the office force this winter, and put into shape for practical use. Reports from the field which are coming in daily show that Adminigtrator’s Notice jor A year is to be one of distinct oltiee by ven that te ot oa. achievement and that the work ig pro-| ministration eae me gressing everywhere with important the, uaderaignedy Py pe halen Go advance in American forestry. These] Proba' a = in covering thier various ter- Ai pereons hav in inn Ieuan ritories, are zealous missionaries in the] ®¢ oaks Fie ba ane Oe 6 cause they serve, for wherever their ance within one Year from Ra fron dar les, work carries them the purpose of for-| St of such estate; and if sald claims be not ox estry, its methods, and its incalcula- pubtiadfon of tte Settee, they ‘wit be forever MAUD ES 5 EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. Has Stood The Test 23 Years Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic No-Cure-No-Pay. 50 cents. Sheriff's Sale in Partition, iid and order of sale made by above entitled cause, and of thereof, dated June 28rd, 1904, Monday December 1: between the hours ef nine’ noon five : bf 8 74 ble importance to the general welfare ey are understood, appreciated and ap- plied as never before. made by the circuit court of Bates county, LICK ONLY THE ENVELOPE. » atthe regular Uctober term, 1904, Woman Gives a Man Hints on Proper | of said court in the case of Marcella F Tinglor Way to Apply Postage Re oe Lis ee Tingler, Stamps, authority in me vested 6 safd decree and an St dng ay a certite y of which was A man who had just purchased aliwileon sdsseterssdba, lot of postage stamps at a branch of- Monday December 12 1904, fice and was posting a lot of letters between the ponre of ving o'cineh te the fore- complained to the clerk in charge that Gay atthe Nan treat et nseten Ry 4 there was not enough gum on theny| the city of But peta ae Bates county, Missouri, and that they would not adhere to the . State teinrsen bone envelopes. “If you would lick the veg eae we cei oe assent Mis O e west half of lot ree corner of the envelope @8 well as the/ northwest qnarter of section five, and all of lot stamp,” replied the clerk, “you would ree, EVE ee ves hips Vip ihed Notice iehereby given that ves and the east hal! o! 8iX, - find that they would adhere together sent aunred of eestion ix: lina’ teat er thal tue of a decree In partit tirmly. Missouri hy » Rallwa Pa way, exce; n A woman standing by mafling let- side thereo co that part of lot seven inthe ters remarked: “That is correct. Ii portheast quar - of Fe ger oil six Leva at Wood: rrell, Sy! ; lows; innin, ‘en “sou af Pi is not even necessary to lick the pecthonbs baamor ef salad anvea ‘thence south S\ stamp. I never do, for I dislike the ae re Lyons west San Sees rec! e Jace jnnin: i taste of the mucilage, and I merely |}.nq being 1 township thiveg-nine range moisten the corner of the envelope] thirty-one, in sald county for cash in haod as and never have ‘any trouble in regard | Provided for in saldorder and decree. : 9 JOK T SMITH, to the stamp adhering. 2-4t Sheriff of Bates County, Mo “Well,” said the man, “I have been mailing letters in large numbers for] ¢ 4 DO IT TO- DAY ye | | ny of atte in 9 Rnd at public vent the highest the following described southwest quarter of section one east quarter of the sou! two (except twu acres Sheriff’s Sale in Partition, Notice is hereby given that under and by vir- tue of a decree in partition and order of sale i t y east seventy yards, thence north and forty yards, thence west thence 80. th one hundred and palne of beginning) also four serea east corner of the northeast township forty-one, range containing two hundred and t cash in hand as provided foria said decree, JOET 8 Sheriff Sale in Parti! many years, in fact ever since postage stamps came into use, but I never heard of this way of putting on stamps before. I really believe that the women know more than the men.” “Most women do, about many things,” remarked the clerk, who was a woman. between ihe hours of nine o'clock noon and ft asin nd teak Ingenuity of Nihilists, Incredible’ ingenuity is exercised by Russian nihilists in making, carrying and disguising bombs. A chatelain bag of a beautiful woman may be an infernal contrivance, which, on being hurled, may send death and destruction over a terrible radius. And a humble thing like a piece’of coal may also be as deadly as the ordinary spherical bomb, and can be loaded with enough explosive to} pe wreck a building of considerable size. Its smallness makes it handy to carry, and its exterior does not render it an} ad easy object of suspicion.” |