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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1885-03-25
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supreme Court Commission Bill.

/ ihteil9enCc reaches us thar OF
yesterday the house OF representative,
defeated the senate bill to continue
/ the supreme court con- mission. This
acton OF the house will afford mat
ter Tor regret in all quarters of the
state except where the rich and the
powerful are engaged III l:tipation.
nope, by cutting off d portion 81 the
machinery whereby litigation is ex-
pedited, to cause their opponents
VINO are. very often, the poor, the
weak and the helpless-tc keen V
feel the dlnt of ''hopc deferret'' and
OF 1.-THE law 5 delay" and be there
tore more ready to WELD to aim o>t
any terms of compromise or Surren-
der OF their rights " hich their more
wealthy adversarics may dictate.
The supreme court commission has
worked well. The commissioners
have done nobly. Their work has
challenged the admiration of the
members of the bar throughout the
state, ana amply yindicated the wis
dom Of their selection, and OF the
law winch made t..eir appointment
possible. BY them hundreds of
cases have been disposed Of in the
space OF two Years, during which
they have acted, and hundreds of
opinions. the work OF their brains
and Of their hands, have adorned
and will continue to adorn the pages
OF our state reports, adding a fresh
lustre to our judicial annals. Such
was the Importance OF the contInu-
alton of the commission to the people
OF this state that Governor Marina.
duke, soon after his inauguration. n
a terse and timely message, called
the attention OF the legislature to the
matter, and urged the passage of
such bill as on yesterday met such
an untimely and unmerited defeat.
1t IS idle 10 speculate on the cause
which led to that defeat; some OF
them have already been limited at.
others Of them may perhaps be found
IN that pride OF opinion AS to the TN
constitutionality of the bill which
passed two years ago creating the
commission, and the cherished desire
to vildicate that opinion at the pres
clt session, and also that InsatIa bic
thirst for office, which doubtless,
looked for the establish
ment IN the near future of a third
court of appeals amid the mighty
tops Of the Ozark range.
in the event the commission bill
could be defeated. We learn that
over 900 cases will, at the next
April term, await decision at the
hands Of the suprcKlc court. When
to this large number IS added those
criminal cases constantly coming up
TO swell the list, SIS we'll as original
without number, the
prospect OF poor and needy litigants
whose little all IS frequently wrap
ped up IN a single suit, is by no
means flattering. In view OF all
these things may we not in all can
dor ask what has become of les1s-
Iative regard Tor the public welfare
and OF that constitutional command
that Justice shall be administered
without delay :'-Mo. Republican.
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A Dying Woman's Prophetic Vision.

New York, March 1S.-Mrs.
William Nelson OF Brooklyn died
this morning. She had been suffer-
ing long from an incuraple disease,
and was frequently at the point of
death. On Sunday afternoon, when
apparently diving, she awoke as from
trance and said to her husband: :
Il see two funerals going from this
house" On Monday afternoon she
made the same remark. Alter her
death this morning, her husband, a
tall, broaG-shouldered powerful
Scotchman. went to an undertaker's 5
TO make arrangements for her tuner
al. When about 20 leave he sudden
ly dropped inte chair ard asked
for glass OF water. Before it could
be brought he was dead. Heart
disease was the cause. The hus-
band and wife will be buried togeth-
CT. They were constant attendants
OF DR.. Talrnage's church.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1885-03-25

keeping but two carriage horses for
his own private use, and will shortly
purchase suitable pair, but, until
then, will continue to use those
placed athls disposal by Mr.. Arthur.
, 1885-12-08
American Industrial Genius.

1tNA "a NNAfA"A = "AHAAN'NaN
l reflected upon the adaptability of
such discoveries as this for the particu-
lar civilization and people among whom
they are made. The Americans by
their very quickness to form corpora.
tions seize upon these bounties ofnature
and utilize them over enormous areas.
Coal oil in the hands OF an unenter-
prising race would still be a mere local
curiosity, but with a particular genius
for combination -fnanoial, mechani-
cal and commercial-the Americans
have made coal oil an article OF almost
universal export; have compelled rail
roads to take Ii in as a standard matter
of freight aud to build tank-cars, etc.
They have also devised reservoirs, re-
%ineries, barrel factories, etc, to bring
this article within the reach of the
many millions OF the earth, and. finally,
have laid the longest line of tube ever
known on tho glooo TO transport this
oil over the 400 intervening miles, cross
ing the mountain ranges and driven
from step to step by stationary engines.
Thus the oil which used to rise as scum
on the creeks and springs is now n
mighty traveller flowing in its viscid
channels whittier man commands it, and
it reaches the sea-board and finds
fleets of vessels all prepared to take it
away.
, 1885-12-08
A RELIC OF REPUBLICAN MIS-
RULE.


The suit against J. Loynard Hodges, of
Washington, d. c., for nearly half mil
lion dollars, which has just been %institu-
ted by the government, brings to the sur
face some curious recollections. Hodges
was n paymaster in the army, and had
the handling of a good deal Of funds. He
was stationed in Washington. One day,
about 1872, he was ordered to some other
post, and when his accounts came to be
adjusted he was found to be over $400,-
900 short. He confessed frankly that he
had undertaken to speculate, and. find
ing himself short, had put in more and
more money to try and recover what was
lost, until he ound almost half million
dollars gone. lie turned over to the gov
eminent everything he had was tried by
court martial, found guilty, and sentenced
to the penltentlasy for fifteen years and to
pay a fine Of $500, GOO. He had been but
a short time in the penitentiary when
President Grant pardoned him, with the
understanding that a civil suit should be
entered to recover the sum for which he
defaultcd. This case was never brought,
for some mysterious reason, until now.
and the indications are that it will turn
out that the whole matter has lost its
standing in the courts by reason of the
statute of limitations. A curious feature
of this case, at this time, and n which
renders its presnt appearance the
more interesting was the connection of
'Landaulct Williams with it. Mr..
Williams was then attorney general.
There was an effort made to bring
suit against Hodges brokers, to recover
the sum-, most Of which he had lost with
them aud this. it seems, was likely to be
done. 1t was not, however, and in the
investigations and Developments which
followed il was charged that this firm in
, 1885-12-08

". tNAa I1UnHA tAAHANtl
A proposal is on foot to permit the
wearing OF boards In the French army.
Should the covet ID permission DO ac
corded, il will not be the first time that
Gallo warriors have been bearded Ii le
tho pard. Napoleon allowed his picked
men to wear as muah hair on their
faces as they chose; but, since his
armies were usually a mixture of yeter-
ans and raw recruits the ranks must
have presented a somewhat piebald ap
pearance. During the revolution it
was decreed that the grenadiers only
should have the privilege of wearing a
mustache; but no notice was ever taken
of the regulation.
In his earlier days, when he was con-
stantly fighting in Flanders or on tho
Rhine, the grand monarque allowed his
mustacho to grow; but when he fell I'M
der the in uence of Nine. do Mainte
non, and friyolity was severely ban
ished from the court, the king and his
counselors and oourtiers became as
shaver and shorn as the deathless priest
OF the nursery rhyme. Henri ! was
glorious in beard and mustacho but the
mustaehe-which has always had some
thing more romantic about it than the
prosaic bcard-was never really fash
ionable in France until the time of
Louis XII and Francis /, whose war
riors gained a penchant for it during
their Italian campaigns.
, 1885-12-08

NAAA'fs " "NA NANHl
The little kingdom of Wales, early
united to her more powerful neighbor
of England, has a distinctive badge
drawn from the vegetable world. The
origin of the Welsh leek Is traced back
to the seventh century. st. Dayid's
Day. $40, the Welsh under Cadwaller
were marching against an English
army, and, wishing to adopt badges
which might distinguish them from
their enemies, they ayailed themselves
of those most easily obtained. Each
man plucked a leek from the field
through which he was passing and stuck
it in his cap.
The Welsh arms were victorious; the
leok was adopted in grateful memory OF
the event as the national emblem. and
was long worn by loyal Welshmen
every anniversary of st David's Day.
In S~hakcspeare's play of "Henry "
that prince claims the right by his birth
at Monmouth to wear the leek. 1t
would appear also that the Welsh con
tingent of the English army had worn
this emblem at the battle of Poitiers.
We recollect that a leek in diamonds oc-
cupied a prominent place in a present
given by the ladies of the principally
Of Wales to the princess of Wales on the
occasion of her marriage.
, 1885-12-08

Seventeenth street, Cheyenne. Wyo. The oldes
and best home for all. Terms 81 TO 81 per day.
, 1885-12-08

New Y and Cor. l. ocs 10
But by far the o curious vegetable
growth here is the awhato. 1t is n
species Of fungus which enters the grub
OF the large night butterfly, kills the
unfortunate worm by living on its flesh.
and entirely displaces its proper interior
without at all altering its outer form or
covering. The stalk grows twelve or
sixteen inches high. aud when pulled
up, with the caterpillar at rs root, it
looks like a small cat-tail upside down.
In this form they are known to tourists
as ",egetating caterpiilars. The
natives dig them up in quantities and
formerly regarded them as sacred. They
burned and pulverized them. mi ed the
powder with SCOT aud dogs fat, and
used the compound AS an indelible dye
in tattooing.
, 1885-12-08


One oil the greatest drawbacks to
Mexican prosperity is the difficulty Of
breaking up the great haciendas, or
landed estates. Out of 10, 900, 900 peo-
pie 90, 900 own the soil, and this fact is
a great obstacle TO the introduction Of
settlers and the springing up of those
communities which in the United States
flourish along every Immigrant railroad
and other railroads. Tho difficulty of
conveying real estate is n dead weight
on the life and progress of the country.
The Mexican hnancier, who is doing
good missionary work, contrasts with
this state of things the condition OF
| ruguay, which ~ encouraging i'm
migration and settlement upon lands
has nearly doubled Its population within
ten years, having received large &C es-
sions from Italy. Uruguay annually
produces 30 per cent. more per capita
than any other country in South
America.
, 1885-12-08
An UNsATIsFAcT0RY RESULT.

1t is evident that the British parlia-
ment Just chosen will have but a short
existence. The result of the election is
so close and doubtful that nothing is de-
cided. The remarkable recovery of the
Liberals from what seemed u few days
ago like an inevitable and disastrous de
feat, came too late, and the bare numeri-
cal majority that they are now likely to
have, will not be sufficient to sustain a
ministry in power for any length of time.
a minority which possesses within a few
votes the power TO defeat the majority on
any direct question, can always by OBJ
structive practices accomplish indirectly
the same object, This bare working
majority Of the Liberals, if thoroughly
united, might so amend the rules ms to
give it despotic control over the minority
almost equal in numbers. But the Lib.
erals are divided into two wings nearly as
hostile to each other MS either is to The
common opposition.
Mr.. Chamberlain, the radical Liberal
leader, in a speech last Thursday, an
nounced himself as still an adherent of
the most radical policies, claimed the late
successes, which saved the Liberals from
entire defeat, as the work of the radical
voters, and declared that the radicals hold
the control Of the Liberal party. Such a
speech made two days ago would have
been successful, because the radical leader
remained silent as to his claims and pur-
poses. until his party was "out of the
woods" The old Wings and the other
aristocratic Liberals arc more opposed in
sentiment to the radicals than they are to
the Tories. A majority, which will be
small at the best, composed of such dis
cordant and incompatible materials can
not in the nature Of things have a pro-
longed existence.
The event now most probable in British
politics is a short, strong and purposeless
session of parliament, the overthrow Of
any ministry that may be formed under
it. and a new election within n few
months, or at the outside within a year.
, 1885-12-08

Let us, then, 10 no and doing,
With n heart for any fate;
still ACHE wing. still plrsuins :.
Learn IN labor an to wai'.
-Lpnvf tfftty
WAS Drawer THAN as THOUGHT


A Nervous Mans Fear just Before tho
beginning Of a Grea, battle.
Inter Ocesn "Cfrhstoie Cr1vr1a "
sin the same way many men made
discoveries AS to themselves in time OF
battle % This was sail by a tall, nery.
Gus man whose hands SHOOK with OK.
element as he listened to the story OF
crossing the river ''On one occasion
my file leader. or the man who stood
in front of me in the ranks. turned and
said, If you see me attempt to run, OF
if ! show the white feather. knock mo
down. feel now as though | was GO
ing 10 bolt, and believe if | have a
chance | will go like lightning. II |
start grab me, kick me, pound me, but
don let me run
The light came on and the line at
the TANKS bent back and back, and the
center began to falter. The man in
front of me, the man who had boon in
front OF me, was beside me. As the
sweeping rebel line came down on us he
said with CHASTITY face. Let's meet
them half way lie sprang forward
with a whoop, and that part Of the line
went with him. There was an awkward
and furious struggle, but in FIVE minutes
we were pursuing the Confelerates
through the corn ield. and in rare ex-
hilaratiou of spirits the man who had
been afraid that he would bolt was CON
Quoting himself after the manner of a
froliesome dog.
HE told me- afterward that he spent
in that cornfield with bullets whizLinx
about him the happiest minutes of his
life. He was happy because he had
sW.HHn.a haruaalf a laNNA, -. 49,, H.
, 1885-12-08

\ few days ago a party of Georgia
gentlemen were discussing high prices
in the south during the latter part of
the civil war. 81 paid $40 a yarl for
n suit OF gray cotton jeans, " said the
first speaker; the suit of clothes cost
me $500 after being cut and made. "
The biggest trade I made during the
war, said No. 2, was $50 for a spool
of cotton thread" And l." said the
third speaker, paid $40 for a shave"
, 1885-12-08

DE ron free Press

Easter will fall next year on its earli-
est possible date, namely, st. Mark s
Day, April %. The last time that it so
fell was 1876, old style O734 new styleJ.
The next time will 10 in 1913. new style.
Faster falls on st. Marks Day at irregu-
lar intervals, happening on an average
three times in four centuries AT pres
ent, however, it happens about once a
century, at intervals Of either 81, 6s,
81, g., 1852, or 1853 years This will
continue till the year 4, 500, when three
intervals of $50, 1888 and 2ss years
will interYene.
, 1885-12-08

Babies in China learn to call their
fathers "a de-" which corresponds to
papa; but de really means sir" while
the a is put in for euphony. Mothers
are called "a ma, nearly the same as
in this country. Great families some
times teach their children to say ''siee-
va" for father, and "siee-che" for
mother, The FIRST means young lord
and tho second young lady" This
ma is used by nearly every nation on
the globe 10 designate the maternal.
1t Is the ''one touch Of nature which
makes the whole world kim"
, 1885-12-08

An amateur astronomer OF Teramo,
in the Abruzzi, named Pemignani, has
ascertained the presence on the face of
the planet Mars Of several luminous
points of exceeding brilliancy, which
shift from place to place with method
icai regularity, as if they were con
trolled by some intelligent a ton. he
observer has therefore concluded that
the sparks are Geographic signals sent on
speculation by the inhabitants of Mars,
to their neighbor, the Earth. Up to the
present the meaning of the signals has
not been interpreted.
, 1885-12-08

InE removal Of the 'boomers' from
Oklahoma, in Indian Territory, is about
completed, and the intruding cattlemen
are to he the next 10 go. The boomers"
determined that the cattlemen should not
stay il they could not, and so have fired
the grass on the range The United
States troops expect much difficulty in re-
moving the cattle, of which there are still
about 1900 head in the territory, on
account Of the lack Of grass in the burned
district.
, 1885-12-08
From tho Top Of the obeIisk.

Miss Dora Cafall enjoys the proud
distinction of being the only woman
who has seen New York from the top
of the obelisI. In making the ascent a
common chair was used. Four ropes at
the corners were brought together and
made fast to q stout rope. passing
through blocks above aud below, the
upper one being attached to a strong
timber, locked across the top of the
scaffold aud projecting over far enough
to let the chair swing clear of the lower
fjmbers.
, 1885-12-08

Why may not some Of our books be
perfumed-especially a dainty summer
edition for seaside and mountain top.
Paper very rapidly absorbs and very
persistently retains a perfume. Just
fancy opening a novel from Cables,
Howell 5 or James pen, printed on del
icately-tinted paper, in old gold binl-
ing, aud then detecting just a soupcon
OF some rich perfume as you turn over
leaf after leaf. 1t would be n genuine
novelty, and ladies would road who
never read before.
, 1885-12-08

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup Co. San Francisco Cal, is
Natures Own Turo Laxative. This plea
sent liquid fruit remedy may be had OF
Hunt 4 Whipple druggists. Sample bot
ties free and large bottles at fifty cents OF
one dollar. IL is the NEST pleasant,
promps and effective remedy known, 10
cleanse tho system, 70 act on the Liver.
Kidneys and Bowels gently yet thoroughly;
to dispel Headaches. Colds and Fevcrs; 10
cure Constitution, Indigestion and kind
red ills. For sale by W. n. Hunt.
, 1885-12-08
SKIN,SCALP, BLOOD
Cleansed, Purified and Beautited by the
Cuticura Remedies.

For cleansing the kin and scalp OF disnguring
4 humofs for al iaying itching and burning and
illumination, Tor curing the first symptoms OF
Ell ma, psoriasis, milk crust. scald head, scrof-
ula. ana other Inherited skin and blood diseases
a%uilcura, the great skin Cure, and ,utlcura
soap. m exquisite akin Beauuher, exter ally,
aud Cuticufa kesOlyeut, the new Blood Purl.
fer, internally. are lufallble.
, 1885-12-08

Speaking Of children being troubled
with Group, Mr.. o. b. Hayden. druggist,
Panora, Ia, says: Il have used Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy in the treatment
Of Group in my family for the past three
or four years anu have invariably had sat
isiactOry results from its administration.
| consider it a certain and speedy cure Tor
this dangerous disease. Sold by W. N.
Hunt.
, 1885-12-08
orrmap Amy salloyllo snai.

In the German army s~alicylic suet is
now universally used for foot sores,
sores from riding, etc and is found
much more satisfactory than the salicylic
powder. which was formerly employed.
The s~alicylic suet is composed of two
parts Of pure salicylic acid aud ninety
eight parts Of the best mutton suet.
, 1885-12-08
IHnpplne-s and HrnIht

Are important problems, the former de-
pending greatly on TIE latter. Everyone
is familiar with the healthy properties of
fruit and no one can afford to be sick and
miserable while the pleasant concentrated
liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs, may be
had Of our entorprising druggist, W. n.
H..,t
, 1885-12-08

Our sales Of Iuticura are as large. II not large
than any medicine we sell and we assure you
thai we have never had a single Instance In
which the purchaser was dissatisfied. AS e
Your soap we can sell no other. everybody
want Cnlicura.
MULLER & CHAPMAN. Druggists.
Louisiana, Mo.
, 1885-12-08
BUT C0On

We have been selling sour CuticuIa Renee
dles Tor the past three or four years, and have
never heard aught bui good words In their favor.
your Cuticura Soap Il decidedly the best sell
Ing medicinal soap We handle, and Is highly
pr geo here for ns soothing and softening effect
upon the skin.
J. CLIFTON WHEAT. Druggist.
, 1885-12-08

Tho famous city of Hue, the capital
Of AMMAN, is situated near the mouth
of the Perfumed river, so-called because
II emits Al intense odor oil rotten dsh.
which the natives thinS preferable ID
any Of Inc fashionable scents Of ..urope.
, 1885-12-08

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, 1885-12-08
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Two OF the worst cases of salt rheum 1 eve
saw, were cured by your Cuticura Remedies, ant
their sales exceeu those OF all other like rem.
edles | sell very little OF any other medicinal
soap than Cuticura.
GEoRsE A ANTHONY. Druggist.