The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 14, 1905, Page 10

WOMAN AND THE ARTISTS. Modern Culture Resulting in Over- development of the Fem- inine Head. Acertain artist, who, being wiser than his kind, has concealed his name, says that he can no longer get suitable mod- els for the female figure, because all of the women of to-day have heads too large for their bodies. He lives in hope, states the New York Sun, that the increasing popularity of athletics wili develop the bodies till the old-fashioned proportions admired by the sculptors of Greece shal] be re stored. He believes that the overde velopment of the feminine head is due to modern culiure. He is a brave maa indeed who dares to accuse the women of to-day of having by reason of their learning developed swelled heads. But his view of the entire matter is askew... The Greek woman's head was too smal!; that is the real state of the case. She was asa type, ignorant, uplearned. untrained in the use of the brain, One small head oould easily carry all she knew, with room to spare, What this artist and all the rest of ais kind should do is to remodel their ideas about models, Let them stop worrying about the Greeks and carve tn immortal marble the genius of Amer fean womanhood, There jis nothing whatsoever the matter with (he woman or to-day. She is most particularly and generally all right, She is the very vest that ever w JOHN SEEKS EDUCATION. Chinaman Offers to Teach Co-Eds to Cook Chop Suey for Tuition. A knowledge of oriental cuisine, the art of dishing up a delectable bird's west, or of making toothsome yocuma, is not a sufficient foundation for a student who wishes to try for a high college degree, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, At least, this is what Willie Woo, a Mongolian chop suey chef, whe has a festaurant al 5502 Lake avenue, learned st the University of Chicago recently. Willie wants to become a college man, and has taken a notion that he would ‘ike to have an A, B, or Ph. B. writ sen after his name. He went to see one of Dr. Harper's deans and endeavored to argue the Midway pedagogue into letting him register in the department of “house- aold science,” The dean cross-questioned him on ils preparatory school work in China, and found that the celestial had special- \zed in the alphabet too little and had spent too much of his time in the kitchen, Willie offered to teach co-eds hew to make chop suey for his tuition, and when the dean refused him admission he was very much disappointed, Willie says he went to school all his fife in China, and that he would have gone to college in his native land had he not taken advantage of reduced tates and come to this country. FINE FEATHERS ON HIRE. Coster Girls of London Can't Afford to Buy Them, But Must Wear Them. Jstrich plumes are as much of a nec y to the London coster girl mm her outings as are the pearl but- tons to her masculine companion, and the big trimmed hats with their droop- ng feathers are familiar in all gath- erings of this class, Many of the girls cannot afford to keep their money tied up in nseless plumes, and there thrives a brisk in- dustry in the hiring of these feathers. The loan of a single plume for a day costs but a shilling, or for four shillings a gorgeous trio may be had for outing, to be returned promptly she next morning. Weather conditions determine vhat,si. a wet or foggy day will take the curl out of the feathers and make recurling neces- sary, for which “’Arriet” has to pay an extra shilling. On a bank holiday some snops rent sut several hundred plumes, while on ether occasions there is a steady trade with young women who wish to adorn themselves for an outing. the Remarkable Postscript. Miss Carey Thomas, the president of Bryn Mawr college, talked at luncheon about the ingeniousness.of children. “A friend of mine,” she said, “once showed mea letter that her iittle son had written her from Andover. The letter ran like this: ? “‘Dear Mother: I am weil and I hope you are well. Will you’ please send me $2? I know the Jagt did not . last long, but it is all spent now, and I meed $2 badly. I hope you are well. I -am wéll. Please do not forget $2,’ . “Then there was this postscript: 4 “‘h was ashamed to ask for money # soon after the last you sent that { sent after the postman to get this let- ter back, but it was too late he had gone.’”"—San Antonio Express. Valuabie Canine. “Henry,” said Mrs. Peck, “Mr. Smith’s dog came very near piting me this afternoon. I was awfully fright- ened, and it’s up to you to do some- thing about it.” “| will, my dear,” replied Peck. “I'll see Smith the first thing in tae morn- ing, and if he doesn’t ask too much for the dog I'll buy him.”—Chicago Daily features connected with your escape, FOREIGN TRAINING SCHOOL Prejudice Against Medical Institu- tions in Asia Gradually Disappearing. Missionaries, religious, medical and otherwise, are steadily overcoming the opposition of peoples who through ig- norance or prejudice or both have pre- vented the adoption of humane and scientific methods of caring for their sick. Hospitals are not unknown in many of these countries, but as in some instances they are maintained in spite of marked indifference by many classes of people, their existence does not 80 much indicate a change in public opin- jon as does the demand for trained nurses, This, says American Medicine. surely means the recognition of modern methods of combating disease and its importance to the inhabitants, espe cially the women, can hardly be esti- mated, It is with satisfaction we note that efforts are being made to establish a training school in Asia Minor, and another in. Turkey, The former is as- sured, being in connection with the Syrian Protestant college at Beirut, where there has been a metlical schoo! since 1867; Miss Van Zandt, of New York, has sailed to take charge of the new school, The other is to be part of the Amer hospital and training school for nurses, which will be estab- lished in Constantinople by Dr. T. 8. Carrington, who for some years has maintained a small hospital at Marso- van. Dr, Carrington is now in this country to raise funds for the institu- tion, The demand for nurses, even in Turkey, appears to insure the success of the school if it be started. The need for medical enlightenment in these countries scarcely needs mention, a recent instance of Arabian native prac- tice being the dosing of patients with American newspapers soaked in oil. Were emesis alone required, we are con- strained to believe the guileless Arab obtained wonderful results from the ju- dicious employment of certain of our noted dailies, HAILSTONES AND EGGS. The Comparison Between Them Is Something Impossible to Dodge. There is some strange relation be- tween hailstorms and poultry, or be- tween hailstones and eggs, that fas- cinates mankind, The hailstone may be dodged, the egg should be dodged, but the comparison between hailstones and eggs never can be dodged, says the Washington Star. It is impossible to get away from it. Whenever there is a hailstorm, when tender plants are cut to death and window glass is shiv- ered, the hailstones are always the size of hen's eggs. Nobody ever heard of a hailstone the size of baseballs, wal- nuts or potatoes, or the size of macadam rock, golf balls, tomatoes or the fist, but ever and always the size of eggs. Yet eggs vary in size. No chicken fancier would think of pointing to a cackling hen and saying: “She lays eggs as hig as hailstones,” There really should be no comparison between hailstones and eggs. A show- er of hailstones is a work of nature, while a shower of eggs {s apt to be a work of ill-nature. A shower of hail- stones may he destructive, bul a show- er of eggs is nositively insanitary. The longer a hailstone stays on earth the more it becomes, while the longer an egg stays on earth the more convinced we are that it Is here inconspicuous THE SCHOOLS OF POLAND. Country in Which the Per Cent. of Illiterate People Is Very Large. In the kingdom of Poland, with its 127,000 square kilometers, somewhat less thickly settled than Galicia, it is true} having only 73 inhabitants per square kilometer, there are less than 2,200 common schools, ‘writes David Bell Macgowan, in “The Tuture of Po- land.” Fifty per cent. of the adult population of Warsaw is illiterate. With a school population of 110,000 tie- tween 7 and 14, this city has a total primary school accommodation for not more than 40,000. The public schools, conducted in an alien lan- guage (Russian); have a capacity for only 14,000; an equal number are ac- commodated in the Jewish schools, which teach Yiddish and Hebrew, while private enterprise gives: facilities for 10,000 or 12,000. The first common school building exer erected in War- saw was opened in 1903. All the others are housed in second-class private lodgings. Lemberg, Galicia, with only 130,000 inhabitants, has 30 handsome schoolhouses. Pygmy Marriages. Some hitherto unpublished facts about the habits of the African pyg- imes are confdined in a pamphlet just published by Col. Harrison, who brought from central Africa the party of little people now in London, The pygmies g¢herally marry .at the age of eight or nine, and the, men buy the wives with three or four spears and ten to fifteen arrows, according to the market value of the lady. They pay by installments, and:not until the allowed to take his bride. A man may have as many wives as he afford to buy. Unprecedented. “Were there any unusual ‘or curious News.- i from drowning?” inquired the report- bh ney om Bee er, whipping out his notebook. ‘ Friend—I suppose the baby ts fond! uy Yee sur siting ‘ie cee muna man: @ you? ' ‘ Papa—Fond of met Why, he sleops ‘That | thin all day when’ I’m not at home Dd sever stays up all night just.to enjoy my 80- pening @tety!--Towu and Country. at i} ‘ ‘ 4 £. last grrow is handed over 1s the lover | ty the excellent construction cf a an | being navigated in the shallowest wa- ters. m "i EUROPE SELLS TO MEXICO. | Machinery Is Better Suited to Un- skilled Handlers Than Amer- ican Make. John Bull's island and the kaiser's; fatheriand are where the Mexican ma- chinery mainly comes from, not on ac- count of superior workmanship or cheapness, but apparently because Eu- ropean manufacturers are disposed :o conform to the requirements of the 14,- v0u,0uu Mexicans who have occasion to use machinery. Besidcs, the Kuropeans extend jong credits, which permit the buyers to proceed in conformity with the slow processes in vogue every- where in Mexico. American machinery is admitted to be excellent, but it is not suited to the rough handling of the Indians and half-breeds, who perform most of the Mexican labor. By the majority of this machinery is made u perform its duty r.gardiess of any deiects whica may eaisi, due to faulty installation or other causes, The laborers do not stop to take this into consideration. Nor can they appreciate the fine work- ing parts of complicated machinery nor the careful handling it requires. European machinery is fully one-half to one-fourth heavier than American machinery of the same power, and hence stands much rougher treatment. American machinery, it is said, is shipped carelessly, so that it arrives in bad condition, requiring the missing parts to be replaced by native me- chanics, who thereby jeopardize the working of the machines, The European products are shipped in a faultless manner, RUGS OF PEY CAT SKINS. Pebts of Dead Felines May Be Used to Make Handsome Or- naments. Devoted feminine owners of “the loveliest cat you ever saw” need not utterly despair when, in course of time or accident, the last of thia cat's lives is yielded. They may, if so dis- posed, at once remember poor pussy af- fectionately and add to theirown choice possessions by following the example of a London woman who has loved and lost many fine felines. This woman is the sadly proud own- er of a handsome rug made from the skins of her departed darlings. All of the 14 skins that compose this rug are of a single color, black, the one-time mistress of the vanished cats being par- tial to pets of inky shade and keeping no others. On the reverse side of each skin is av inscription recording the name of its original owner and the pe- riod during which she gladdened the heart of the woman before whose hearth her fur still reposes, Thus, one inscrip- tion reads: “Fairy, 1892-'4,” and an- other: “Beauty, 1900-’6.” Owners of fine cats might do worse than follow a similar plan when death removes any of their feline treasures, Cat fur usually is fine and handsome, and poor pussy might as well be re- membered in this way as by the cat por- traits that now hang on many a wall. NOT WHAT LAWYER WANTED Got Good Motherly Advice Where He Was Looking for Treas- ury Notes, “LawSers have some queer expe riences,” said the judge. “One of them was telling of a, case heard before me. A young man had been arrested for larceny and he sent for this lawyer. “The young fellow told the attorney that he was innocent, but tha: he had no friends in the city, aud no money, His mother, however, was in fair cir- cumstances, and he knew that she would help him. What he wanted the lawyer to do was to defend him, and also send a telegram to his mother telling of his fix, and asking for aid. The lawyer agred to this, and made such a goad defense that the young man was ac- quitted. “He and the attorney went direct to the telegraph office to which the mes- sage had been ordered sent, and found it. The young man was so grateful to the lawyer that he handed him the un- opened envelope, telling him that he must take all the money that hig moth- er had telegraphed him, The law- yer tore open the yellow cover, and his eyes were greeted with these wordé ‘Put your trust in God. 1 am praying for you... Mother.’” Hindoo Bathing Festival. Says a newspaper published in In- dja: “The Mahavarni, the great bath- ing festival of the Hindoos, was ob- served on the night of the ist of May. Immense crowds fiom all parts of the country repaired to Hardwar to bathe in the Ganges on the occasion. The giving away to. Brahmans of rice, sweets, clothes and utensils on the occasion is considered meritoribus, and the festival must have: proved « windfall to the priestly ‘class. In J.a- hore the fegtival as celebrated in a befitting manner. The. road between the city and. the Ravi was ingtinct with life throughout the night.” Light Draught. os A young subaltern, fresh from the Soudan, was explaining to a large par- stern-wheel steamer that allows of it ‘ “Precious smart, I guess,” said a sol- emn Yankee beside him; “but just be fore I left New York they wad launched a river boat with such @ shallow draught that it wouid sail any- where where it was damp.”—Tit-Bits ne a RS ECE BS TET OE . “misnUx NEWS ITEMS. Paul Meurice, the author and drama- tist and literary executor of Victor Hugo, died in Paris Monday. Rear Admiral Abraham Bruynn Has- brouck Little, U. 8. N., retired, died at his home in New York Monday. Another railroad rate bill was intro- duced in congress Monday by Repre- sentative Adamson ,of Georgia. Dan Hamer, of the law firm of Hamer & Hamer, dropped dead in his cffice at Emporia, Kan., Monday night. Two bills for the restricton of the liquor traffic were introduced in con- gress Monday by Representative Bowie of Alabama. A formal protest from the emperor of Korea against the Japanese protec- torate has been delivered to President Rooseveit. A mother and her five children were burned to death in a fire in a five-story apartment house in New York Monday night. Two others were injured. A manuscript of Pope Pious VII in- eluding a record cf his imprisonment at Fontainableau is reported to have been stolen from the Vatican library. Ie is reported that a shipment of $90,000 in gold which was in the re- cent wreck of the Overland limited at Rock Springs, Wyo., has disappeared, A bill appropriating $25,000, for a federal building at Muskogee, I. T., was introduced in the house Monday by Representative Murphy of Missouri, A SPECIAL SALE OF Karpen Leather Furniture ACME HYGIENIC COUCH. “THE COUCH THAT WON'TWEAR OUT” RE famous line of Karpen Leather Furniture ia now on epecial sale at our store. No better opportunity to ob tain high grade leather farniture at remarkably low prices was ever presented. We can offer any’ of the pieces sbown in this circular at ape- cial discounts which bring the prices on Karpen Guar- anteed Leather Goods lower than are uaually aeked for the producte of unkuown and unreliable markers. YARPEN Leather Furniture is guaranteed to please and will last for generations. Our etock 1s filled with bargains and inducements in high grade furniture which will appeal to careful buyers and will make this sale especially interesting. We cordially invite an inepection now, even though you are not ready to make purchases. |S addition to the Leather Furniture mentidned above, we have a large line of all kinds of Parlor Furniture, Roman Chairs. Corna Chairs. Fancy Chairs. Diverns. Davenporte. Couches. Morris Chairs. All at @ great reduction in price. Af. CULVER FURNITURE CO. Burbank in Troable Again. Ft, Leavenworth, Kan., Dee, 12,— Advices received here Tuesday are to the effect that First Lieut, Sidney 8. Burbank and First Lieut. David A. Snyder ,both members of the Sixth, in- fantry, have been placed in jail in the Philippines. It is stated that tho charges against the officers was that ot conduct unbecoming officers of the United States army, but the exact nature of the charges is not known here, Both are well known officers. Cost of Census Increases. Washington, Dec, 12.—The report of the director of the census office, made public Monday, calls attention to the great progressive increase in the cost of the work, the per capita cost hav- ing risen from nine cents in 1870 te 21 cents in 1900, The time seems to have arrived, he says, when in plan ning the next decennial census the aim must be to reduce rather than to extend the minutiae of detail present- ed, MARKET REPORTS. Kanans City Live Stock Kansas City, Dec, 12.—Cattle—Receipts 17,000 market steady; native steers $3.00@ 6.25; southern steers $2.5004.00; southern cows $2.00 native cows and heif 2.00, 10; a H bulls $2.00@4.00; calves $3.00@6.75; western steers $3.25@4.80; western cows $2,0003.50, Hogs—Receipts 18,00; market steady to weak; bulk of sales $4.8044.95; heavy $4.90 5.0; packers $4.8504.97%; pigs and lights H4.0004.%. Sheep—Receipts 6,000; market steady; muttons $4.50@6.10; lambs $5.75@7.50; range wethers $5.5006.50; fed ewes $4.5005.35, CHRISTMAS lFTS! What would be nicer for a Christmas present than a China Dinner Set, Tea Set, Chocolate Set, Chop Dish, Plate, Pitcher or a piece of Cut Glass. It any of above isn’t what you want, we bave hundreds of other pieces. In fact wehave the largest and best selected stock of China ever shown in Butler, and the price is right. Now, it you don’t want a piece of Chins, we have a full line of silver plated goods such as Knives and Forks, Butter Knives, Spoons, Carvers, etc. 5 Stoves. Stoves. Now what would be a nicer present for your wife than one of those celebrated Malleable Steel Ranges, a Garland Oak Heating Stcve or if you burn wood, a Wilson Heater. Haven’ you been promising your wife a new stove for the past 2 or3 years? Why not? Surprise her and buy it now. Buggies and Wagons. We still haye more Buggies and Wagons than we want to carry over, 6nd as we invoice the last of thie month, we will make you Lange price on any bi inthe house. We handle the Velie line, and they cau’t bdlboaten anywhere for the priee. We have a large stock of Peter schuttler, Mitchell and Charter Oak Farm Wagons, and the price as low as can can be made on this class of goods. We atill havea good supply of Extra Wagon Beds, Patent End Gates, Scoop Shovels, etc. ‘ , Barb Wire, Hog Fence. We are agente for the American Field Fence which fe the beat ang ey Why Bogen be a good time to put up some Hog Fence. We ve @ stock of . and Smooth Wire and wire nails, , reine Harness. Harness. - Cash No. 2 haya noe Be. 3 nen; No. . bk ord —e stock of Harness on hand that was: red 91%@98;.No, 3 $7@90%. .Corn—Lower oug’ lore advance in lvether, and if you need & December 39%; May 36%; July.35%. Cash ' set of Harners. we will treat you sight, and you will find tt, 4 Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Dec. 12.—Cattle—Receipts 6,000; market weak; bee $3.4006.70; cows and heifers $1.40@4.75; stockers and feeders 4.15; Texans $3,004.25; westerners MiA.75. Hogs—Receipts market strong; $4.6574.95; good heavy $1.0004.70; light bulk of sales mixed and butche SASH4.9714; rough y 4.85; $4.80014.90. Sheep—Receipts 18,000; market strong; sheep $4.00@5.%; lambs $14.75@ St. Louia Live Stock, e. 12.—Cattle—Receipts 7,- k; beef steers $2.40@6.00; stockers and-feeders $2.00@3.40; cows and heifers $1.95@4.40; Texas steers $2.10@3.80; cows and heifers $2.10@3.15. Hogs—Receipts 13,000; market steady; pigs and lights $4.40@4.9; packers $4.50@ 4.9; butchers and best heavy $4.75@5.00. Sheep—Receipts 2,500; market steady; natives $5.00@5.i0; lambs $5.50@7.40; Texans $3.50@4.30. Omabu Live Steck. — Omaha, Neb., Dec. 12.—Cattle—Recetpts 6,700; market steady; native steers $3.75@ 5.75; cows and heifers $2.50@4.25; western steers $2.75@4.40; Texas ers | $2.5003.60; cows and heifers $2.00@3. @2.40; stocker’s and feeders $2.50@4.25; calves $3.00@6.00; bulls and stags $1.75@3.25. Hogs—Receipts 7,00; market shade higher; heavy $4.30@4.90; mixed $4.80@4.82% pigs $4.25@4.60; bulk of sales $4.80@4.82\%. Sheep—Receipts 8, market stronger; yearlings $6.00@6. wethers $5.40@5.60; ewes $4.65@5.40; lambs $7.00@7.60. Kansan City Grain. Kansas City, Dec. 12,—Clofe—Wheat— Steady; December 79%; May July 76%. No. 3 mixed 404; No. 2 white 40%; No. 3 : * 404%. Oats—Steady No. 2 white 332; Ne.| jg 60 your Interest to buy now. 2 mixed 0%. ‘ Groceries, Candy, Etc. ° We have the beat celected stock of Groceries in Butler,’ and our prices as low as: the lowest.” ‘We: are headquarters” ! tor Torkeys, Cranberries, Celery, Apples, Mince Meat, ete. .. So do not Jail cpames ia_ when getting ready for that Christ. 4 . We the largest stock Pi Sandles. Mute a Chicage Cash Grain. Chicago, Dec. 12.—Cash—Wheat—No, 2 red 89%3 No. 3 red 874@88;.No. 2 haré 864@87%; No. 3 hard 80@85; No. 1 northern, 374@99%; No. 2 northern %%@87%; Mo. 9 spring 8@87%. Oats—No. 2, 31@31%; No. 3 0%G@Si. Futures—Close—Wheat—December 86%; May 88%. Corn December 4%; old 45%; May 444%@44%. Oate—December 30%; May. ges, Bananss, étc,, in town. Don’t fail to cee that treat you will. want for your school or Sunday echan!.! We will ell ; ae “te the best gouds on the market at the lowest»: St. Louis Cagh Grats. St. Louis, Dec. 12.—Close—Wheat—Lower No. 2 red cash elevator 90@93; track #@ No. 2 track 43@43%; December 41%; vie Turkeys, Chickens, Etc | : Remember we pay the highest market for all Seouetey predearts cash as well as teeta Won gute totcwn, drive right up to our store ‘with your Turkeys, Chitkens, Butter, etc.. and can ‘on getting the - top price for same. Than you for the nice trade you have a the : sh 32; , 2%. Oats—Lower;. No. 2 cash 2; tra December 31; May 32; No. 2 white 34. ° XNansas City Produce. dairy, Poultry—Brollers, 11% cents pee pound; preg — 9; young turkeys, 18¢; Geege, youn, a bushel, 50@85c; sweet, 5G Frult—Apples, 9.250280 per box; “barrel, $2.00@6.00; oranges