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Potash is the connect- ing link between the soil and heavy crops. | The most important plant food for vegetable growth is “Track Farming” is a val- uable pamphlet written by eminent men of scientific training and national repu- tation. We mail it free to farmers who write for it, GERMAN KALI WORKS New York—93 Street. or Governor Pardons Senator Serving Bribery Sentence. The Real Mrs. Bryan. The wifeof Willlam Jennings Bryan {ea remarkable woman. It has been sald that she writes some of his speeches. It is known thstehe re- vises others, She has studied law, but she is also wn athlete. Mra, Bryan can swim w mile, She is a eplendid walker. She rides a bieycle with ease. Soe cia drive mottlesome horses, put them in the barn, come into the house aud b»ke, cook and sew She knows how to keep house and ail her hom» expenses recorded, 80 thatshe knows from day to day and woek to week how matters stand. e is well read, not only in current Uterature, but ia the good things of the past, She believes in the Sunday school aod the caureh and a religion that works. She feels, as Mr, Bryan does that a personal God has given 4 misston to every being in this world, and that it 1s his duty to thoroughly study this mission, tit himself for it, gird on his armor and go outand fight for its suc:ess, never admitting dis- couragemsas by defeat. There is not a human baing in thts world that could convince elsher Mr. or Mra. Bryan, but both have moral missions on this earth, and that whether they live in the White House or not, it fs thelr duty to accomplish these mis- sione, sofar as lies in their power before they dle —Ex. Vandiver Denies Plan to Became University Head. Jefferson City, Mo., July 1.—State Superintendent of Insurance Vandi- ver discussed the revival of the rumor that he was to reeign his pres- ent position to take the presidency of the State University at Columbia. Mr. Vandlver made a statement de- nying the report, saying: “This is the same old story that was started during the campaign three years ago, and recently been revived by a Kansas City newspaper, which in its desperate stratts for . Weapons to use against Gov. Folk, | profeases to discover a great scheme to make the untversity a political ‘achine to help the governor to the ited States Senate. have no thought of resigning my ; Position, nor have I any informa ) tion that President Jesse thinks of , Tesigning hie, and ifany member of : the board of curators thinks of such ia change, or any ichange at all, I have never heard of {t.”” Won the bet. A traveling horse trader dropped anchor in our clty a few days since, says the Appleton City Tribune, and began to “display his wares” before the curious. He owned one animal, not very prepossessing, on which he continued to boast regarding her many good qualities and especially her pulling ability—and after several banters succeded in getting a bet of $50.00 that she could not pull 500 pounds of sand at the end ofa 500 ‘foot rope. The trial of strengthwas made atthefarm of Jim White on Saturday afternoon and the horse- trader returned to our city richer by $50. to the State Peuitentiary for years and to pay a tine of $200, fluence Adams’ ago of Listle Rock. for pardoning Butt are given for the pardon a month ago. punished; add nothing to his disgrace, ly. Sits up in His Coffin and Asks For Whisky. } 4 : i Beck, a Wyoming sheep herder, of whisky 36 hours after whats believed to have been his death held. and arranged to bury them. the range, drink. He said he had not felt whisky. Kodol digests what you eat. by Clay’ a di store. Dies of a Failure at End of Game of Hearts.” faflure was the cause of death. Several of our people are now Wondering how they happened to ‘back another fellows game. twice a candidate for Mayor The effect of malaria laste a long time. *- You catch cold easily or run down because of the after effects of malaria, Little Rock, Ark., July 1—Acting Governor X. 0, Pindall granted a pardon to former State Senator F. O Butt, of Carrol county, sentes: Former Senator Rutt was convict- ed on the charge of wiving a bribe of $100 to Senator R R. Adams to in- vote on the State Capitol appropriation bill two years Butt commenced to serve his term on January 1 last, aud up to within a month ago was at work at @ railroad camp twenty miles west Actlng Governor Pindall’s reasons letter to Mra. F. O. Butt, who made @ personal appeal to the Governor states that he pardons Butt because he believes he has been sufficiently because he fs lees guilty than others who were associated with him, and who have not been punished, and that his further con- finement in the Penitentiary would would only add suffering to bis fam!- Lander, Wyo., July 1—Edward up in his coffin and called for adrink just as his funeral was about to be No doctor examined Beck’s body after his supposed death, but friends who examined it saw no signs of lifs, and believing he was dead made a crude coffin, put the remains in it His supnosed death occurred on where he was herding sheep, and the funeral was to be held ata sheepcamp. A number of men who knew Beck were gathered about the coffin «nd one of them was about to read & passage from theacripture, when Beck sat up and called for a before losing consciousness, and save a slight dizziness, felt no ill effects from his death-likesleep. He got the Kodol will nourish and strengthen your digestive organs, and furnish the natural digestive juices for your stomach. It will make you pee ) Rolla, Mo., July 1.—At the concla- sion of a game of hearts played in the Rolla Commercial and Social Club roome, Joseph W. Foole, president of the Board of Aldermen, aleo president of the Social Club, fell from his chair| aration, needs no repairs, filled, to the floor and died before medical | emptied and cleaned the same asany assistance could reach him. Heart/ other bottle. No heat or cold can was 50 years old and one of themost} Mirabile dictul—New York Press. prominent and well-connected citizens bay a er Rena of Rolla. He had served several terms on the Board of Aldermen, was many times a member of the;School | #e=t7 Frederic Amiel, Board. L peunathen yourself with ss ‘Cuts the Throats of Her Chil- dren and Herself. | Formosa, Kan., July 1.—\irs. Peter Johnson attempted to take «he Hives of her two children, a giri of 10 years {and a boy of 5, by cutting their | throats while they were in their bed las 6 o’clock this morning. She then ‘ran upstairs and cut her ow: throat | She used & piece of broken earthen ware. The children will rec.ver, but the mother’s life is indoubt She ts the widow of Peter Johuemn, who took his life by drinklay esrbolle acid June 15. Peter Johnson was & stuck and grain dealer st this place. He and his family were considered among Formosa’s beet citlz-ns His wealth at the time of his death was evtima‘- ed at about $30,000, mostly in real estate. He was 50 yenrs old. He lost his firat wifs fourteen years ago, and wae married a secon: timeabout eleven years ag to Miss May © wood. The husvand and aren! had not Ived happily together. That and bis loses in sp culation te suppored to have been the cause of his taking bie life. Ais wifs at- tempt was caueed from brooding over the death of her husband. She had become partly insane, but was not considered dangerous, ced two Registering Farm Names. Every farm in Bates county should have a name. A new law providing for registering farm names will become effective June 14th. Its provistons are as follows: “Any farm owner in'this state may upon the payment of one dollar to the county court in the county in which sald farm owner may reside, have the name of his farm duly re- corded in a register which thecounty clerk shall keep for sald purpose, and shall be farnished a certificate, fesued under seal, and setting forth the name and location of the farm and the name of the owner. Pro- vided, that when any name shall have been recorded as the name of avy farm, such name shall not be recorded as the name of any other farm in the same county, except by prefizing or adding a de- signgsing-word thereto. f ina He but sat Treasurer Long Confesses; Prominent Men Implicated. Aurora, Mo, July 1.—Stone coun- ty’s troubles reached an unusual ellmax when W. L. Long, the county treasurer, who resigned this week, alter settling a shortage amounting to nearly $2,000, divulged to Prose- cuting Attorney Renfro the names of those who, he claims, were respons!- ble for his dowafall His statement involves the name of a judge of this section and also a banker. During the examination of the vooks by the expert the county court house was guarded. Records have been burned and others mutila- ted so that the shortage of the form- er county treasurer can not be ac- curately known. Gov. Folk has not as yet named the successor to Long. A Wonderful Bottle. “Made in Germany,” of course. Nothing like {¢ since the flood. An eminent scientist spent 15 years in its perfection. No fire, no artificial heat. Ponurit fall of boiling tea when was and sick in the back yard; the tea will remain at the boiling point for 48 hours! Fillit with an {ce-cold lemonade when the thermometer says 100 degrees in August; cast it out upon the blister- {ng sands, and the lemonade will re- main at 32 degrees for weeks! Al- ways ready for use, requires no prep- He} break it. Will lasts many lifetimes! “A Soap Bubble Hang- ang | 10 From a Ri Onr life is but a soap bubble hang- ing from a reed; it 1s formed, expands to {te full size, clothes itself with the loveliest colors of the prism, and even escapes at moments from the law of gravitation; but soon the black speck appears in it and the globe of emeraldand gold vanishes into space, # | leaving behind it nothing but a sin- ple drop of turbid water. All the poets have made this comparison, it greets, to disappear; to. be offer and to die; ts ft nos sum of life, for a butterfly, A KANSAS MOTHER'S DEED.' the weather is zero and throw it out E. W. Stephens Won’t TAFT’S STORY TO YALE MEN. | The Missouri Pacific Time Table at ; Butler Station. Dodge Nomination. | — CORRECTED TIME TABLE. sOUTH BOUND, E. W. Stephens made thefollowing A Yarn About a Kentucky Man tatement to a St. Louis Ti Ho bor Ga dopiin mail & Express 12.85 pm 8 iD! a St. is Times rep- | . . 9 lo ioe eau b Beeceee ‘35 pm isaathabiioe: | in Illustration of Knox’s | £9.25 K-0 & Joplin ress £:20 pm . 206 Kansas City and 8t. Louis . 204 Kansas City mall and Exprees | . 210 Kansas City limited mat LOCAL FRtiouT. - 292 Local Freignt . 252 Kaneas City stock INTERSTATE DIVISION, WEST BOUND. . 441 Local freight and Pas mixed EAST ROUND, }» 42 Local trols and Pas mixed ar6:00 Vanpervort, Agen’ DR- |. Ms CHRISTY; ment Store, Butler, Mo, “Tam nota candidate for Gover nor and do ot expect to be. But! | am not Ineensible to or unapprecia- | tive of the expressions in my favor | from friends in various parts of the state. Iam also conscious of the responsibility and honor of she office | snd of the fmportance of the right man being selected. It is not clear tome thatI um that man, for my duties have led meso farfrom po- litical life as not, in my judgement, so make me an available candidate. The party cannot afford to make a mistake at this time. Position and His Own, New Haven Letter to the Chicago Tribune. Secretary of War William H-Talt told the Yale graduates at the annu- al Yale alumni banquet Wednesday the exact state of things in regard to his own and the candidacy of Sena- tor Knox. Senator Knox, who was given the degree of doctor of laws by Yale, sat on the platform while Taft spoke. Secretary Taft sald: “Senator Knox agreed when I was chosen to speak this afternoon for those awarded the doctor of laws 8:00am i “T huve never been a candidate tor degree that I tell this story to ex-| omeeTeiephonea0, House Telephonel0, any office. I have always looked up- | Pres Our present view of the polf¢- | ————————_______. on pubile office as a place of service in a i * ‘ero | rather than one of tification of ong time ago there was a Re- ambition. When a whether I publican governor elected in Ken- DR. E. N. CHASTAIN. would accept the place of Governor | “KY: and an old man who had vot- Buruer, - Mo. ed the Republican ticket for years without result came down off the mountains on his old mare, Jenny, and hung around the public square till he became finally of the opinion that Republicans are ungrateful. He at last turned his horse’s head to- ward his mountain home, when some of the boys who sat on the plazza of the hotel at Frankfort called out to him and asked bim what he looked soglumabout, He stopped his mare and sald, slowly: “Well, boye, I’ve heard {6 said that the office should seek the man and not the man the office, I’ve been down here for sev- eral days and! haven’s seen any of- fives seeking the man, but if you do Qu just tell them that you seen Jim Stubbs going down the Alexandria pike on his little mare, Jenny, and that he was going damned slow.’ ” Not in His Jurisdiction. Washington, June 17.—That Judge had the affrontery of a vil- lain,” said Carrle Nation, after being fined $25.1n @ police court for disor- derly conduct. She was charged with wandering into the buffet adjoining the Raleigh Hotel, informing the bartender that he was @ disgrace to civilization and then attempting to disarrange the place. When her case was called, Mrs. Na- tion read the law to the court, and then read the Bible until he became impatient. “T find you guilty as charged,” he sald. “Have you anything to say about the sentence?” “I am 60 years old,” said Mrs. Na- tion, impressively, ‘“‘and I have been brought into court and fined 29 times during my life. If I live long| a enough I may get fined 29 more times, but there 1s one jail I willnever my reply has been in the laguage of @ distinguished Democrat, who when asked whether he would accept the nomination to the presidency, an- wered: ‘It is an honor neither to be sought nor declined by a American eltizon.” Return From Idaho. Harrisonville Democrat. Miss Mary Jean White and Miss Altia Judy returned last Thursday night from a five weeks’ stay in Idaho. Some time ago they each bought 80 acre tracts of land a few miles from Buhl and went there to file on the land and make the neces sary improvements, They arecharmed with Idaho, both the climate and the people. They contend that there is no place on earth where as hospitable people can be found as those {n and around Buhl. They like their new possessions so well that they would like to spend thefr annual vacations there, and may in the future make arrange- ents to do so. And Not in Kentucky Either—Four in New Jersey. Clifton, N. J., July 1 —As the result ofa feud between the Sparta broth- ersand the Lande brothers here, fuur men were shot. It {is stated that George Sparta opened fire on the Lande brothers, one of whom, Carlo, 81 years old, fell Carlo’s brother returned the fire and Clifardo Sparta dropped, one bullet having punctur- ed @ lung and come out of the back. George Sparta escaped, but !t is sald that his jaw was broken by a bullet. Michael Rees, @ bystander, was wounded {n the shoulder. Omice over Bennett-Wheeler Mer, Co, Residence High Street. Office Phone 213, Residence Phone 195. Dla theseeananeaad r DR. H. M. CANNON, Dentist, BUTLER, MISSOURI, WILL BE IN ADRIAN EVERY FRIDAY, prepared to do all kinds of den- tal work. j B. F. JETER, Attorney at Law and Justice, Omice over H. H, Nichols, East aide nn, Butler, Mo, DR, J. T. ‘HULL DENTIST. Entrance, game thatioad to Hagedorn’s studio, narth side square. Butler, Mo, T. C. BOULWARE, Physician and Surgeon. Office North Side Square, Butler, Mo, Diseases of women and childres nepecialty. — Sour Stomach No appetite, loss of strength, nervouss ness, headache, constipation, bad breath, general debility, sour risings, and cal of the stomach are all due to Indigestion, Kodol relieves indigestion. This new discove ery represents the na‘ juices of diges tion as they exist in a healthy stomach, combined with the greatest knowa tonle and reoonstructive properties. Kodol fer dys la does not og 4 relieve indigestion lyspepsia, but this famous remedy fel ne [oscar by herve J Ing, sweetening strong? the mucous membranes Hning the stomach, Youth in Rapids, Posing go to, and that {s hell.” a Mr, S. S. Ball of oomat WV, mre For Pict D “Not in this jurisdiction,” remark- | Rodol cured me and we are now using ft in or Ficture, Drowns. edthe court. ‘Twenty-five dollars.” Kodol What You Bat. Brookfield, Mo., July 1 —Seymour Spalding, a graduate of the Brook- field High School, lost his life giving &@ young woman an opportunity to kodak him while swimming the rapids. Spalding, a member of a camping party, was in swimming when a young woman suggested he swim the rapide below the dam so she could make a kodak picture with him as the central figure. While in mid- stream he was drawn into a whirl- pool and carried under water. Matched For Turn on Table. St. Paul, July 1—‘“Let’s match pennies,” said Dorothy Synder, and Emma her sister, agreed. It was to see which one should go to the oper- ating table firstin a hospital. The pennies were thrown on the bed- clothes, and as the result (mma was operated upon first. The alsters, who livein St. Anthony park, were stricken with appendi- citis Wednesday. Dorothy’s opera- tion immediately followed that of her sister, Bottles only, Relieves indigestion, sour stomach, belching of gas, etc. Prepared by E. 0. DeWITT & 00., OHIOAGO, Clay’s drug store | north side square. e PILE TABLER’S BUCKEYE 2 J CINIMENI CURES NOTHING BUT PILES, A SURE and CERTAIN CURE known for (5 years as the BEST REMEDY for PILES. SOLD BY ALL DRI UGISTS. The Cassville Re-Union Au- gust 13, 14, 15 and 16, 1907. The fond recollections of this very pleasant re-union, to those who have attended from year to year, will cause them to return again on Au- gust 13, 14, 15 and 16,1907. The splendid grounds, half surrounded by water, with a fine natural spring within the grounds, within a fine grove of forest trees for a shade, make {¢ an {deal place for such oc- casions. One of the best bands in the Southwest will be employed. Prom!- nent speakers will be secured. Those desiring privileges should addrees, The Privilege Committe, Cassville, Mo. J. M. Grimes, President. W. E. McKinney, Sec’y. Business A Joplin man, who is the father of @ baby, eloped with his divorced wife’s sister. This will necessarily cause family complications as he will be both father and uncle to his baby, his wife will be the baby’s aunt and stepmother and the baby will be both her daughter and niece. The baby being the child of {te father and his first wife will necessarily be its own cousin. This man will havea double mother-in-law, and what he will be when she gets through] with him is hard to tell—Nevada Mail. And now how old would Ann be if she weighed 250?.—K. C. Post. From Chas. J. Holland, the farmer and stockman of Hudson township, we learn that his brother, Jas. Hol- land, a young man who will be re- membered by a number of people at this placeand in the surrounding gountry, was recently severely burn- ed by the explosion of a gasoline tank at Bakersville, Cal., where he is located. A streak of ill luck seems Wine, Women, Horses. to be following the young man. He} Butte, Mont., July 1.—Arrested as was at San Francisco during the|a vagrant, but thinking the officers earthquake and was buried in the| were aware of his identity, O. Ed. ruins for efx hours, when he was dug | Brown confessed to havingembezzled out by rescuers; but having some of | $25 ,000 from the Big Four railroad A Comparison. From Judge. “No, I can’t give you anything for the church,” said the man with the aggressivechin tothe minister. “It’s all very well for you to tell me how much Rockefeller and Carnegie give, and say their actions are a good ex- ample for me; but they could give away half they possess without it hurting them as much as it would me togiveadime.” . “Possibly,” responded the — ter. “No doubt you are right. I neg of tha Prairie Queen in his make- | office Brown states he was cashier.| have an impression that they could Up he will come out all right yet. He Brown declares he took the money | give away all they possess and not is 7 oun 26 years old.—Appleton , “sos buh tes gia Wo- | feel as badly over it as you;would if men, wine and horses. pa gave Ve & alckel.”