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The Butler weekly times., 1885-03-04
WEEKLY
MISSOURI REPUBLICAN
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slousehoId Articles for bur
Il Fraction Of their Value:
Every Article in the Following 1-is'
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the Old Reliable Missouri
Republican.

Ne will give the Weekly Missouri Re
publican, the regular subscription price
OF which is 81, with the following ara.
cles a: the prices named:
The Waterbury Watch, az excellent,
reliable and good looking watch. Il n
manufactured by the Waterbury Con-
panv. especially tor the Missouri Rcput-
liam, and is scut 10 subscribers tlroasi-
he mail in 4 satin-Iined case. The reg
ular price OF the watch is 81 90, but ~
send the Weekly Republican, one Ycas
and the watch and chain for the price q
The watch, 81 70; with the Tri-W echiy
one year So 20.
An elegant Sewing Machine warranted
Tor FIVE wears. This machine Is full,
equal to il not better than similar fna-
chimes that have been selling all ove'
the country for from S3S 10 800. Dur
is only SIS and Weekly for cnc vcar
thrown in. With the Tr.-Wcchlv Tor on.
wear il is sac.
Farmers and Mechanics blacksmith
shop, $50 worth OF tools for 80. Thr
set OF tools consists OF
4o-lb anvil and si>c.
I3-inCh tODg>,
2-lbs hammer, with hand. F.,
lib. hot chiscl, vii: haaaiil-
No. a stock ard die.
Farmers pincere.
taTier's knife,
,hoelng hammer,
BIacksr1ith's drill
Forge will heat inch iron
These tools are of the best Gualits, nd
will last 4 life time. Price $50. Jiii'
Kit OF tools and the Weekly Repubiicaas
orc year, So; win Tri-N ceE!r so.
Beautiful Fanijs C,ock, made B.: 0et''
Thomas Athens patent: hcj9ist, = in.
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We give this clock and the weekly <s-
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ately any article ranging from one qUaJeT
ot q pound To twenty-five POEae.+. ~.
he Weekly one year, ~3: with ttc Tn
Weekly, 50. The same ~ca.r~, win
coop, tor the purpose o. weighing ."f<@
articles. i : cents higher,
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form scale, and weighs ~ - 70 9ouads
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-16
FEE ~. eOrHARD TUNNEL,

Tho whole goods traffic. not from Ger
many and Switzerland only. but from
Northern France, % far west az Paris
takes this route. Frenchmen are good
patriots, but he must be better than
good who will pay shilling ton for
having his wares taken through tho
Swiss French tunnel when he can get
them carried for nine pence along the
Swiss German line. Paris suffers, for
Germany CON undersell her more than
over, and can swamp the italian mar
kets with the "bimbiloterie the more
costly kinds of which are "articles do
Paris now made ut Nuremberg and
other places in the Fatherland. Mar
settles suffers still more, and has been
petitioning the French Chamber OF
Commerce on the subject Of cheaper
through rates for goods along the French
lines. Even her corn trade is seriously
menaced, for great deal of the corn
destined for Italy and South and West
Germany passed through her, but can
now be got cheaper through Antwerp or
Hamburg, Or even through Genoa and
Trieste. We, too, suffer. The through
rates for coal along the ST. Gothard line
have been reduced with the view Of
driving us out of the North Italian
market. Already tourists are crying
out against the great depots of German
coal at Locarno and Luino. on the Lago
Maggoire, while line of Italo- German
steamers is to run from Genoa to BARGE
Iona and to Spain in general, SO as still
more completely to put Marseilles tout
of it" The three countries admirably
supply each others wants. Germany
sends oil kinds of manufactures, from
beer to locomotives, and plenty of raw
produce Us we'll. Switzerland exports
any quantity of cotton, silk and linen
goods, besides dresses and condensed
milk, and firewood as well, and wood
carvings. Italy has to offer wine, fruits,
eggs, fat cattle, rice, jewelry and objects
of virtu. Between them they are pretty
we'll Independent of the rest of the
world, and as their rates are low they
are getting q good hold on the worlds
carrying trade as we'll. Thus foreign
wool for the Saxon towns instead of
being unsbipped at Marseilles and then
sent across the frontier. is now taken to
Genoa and goes north by the st. Goth
ard
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-16
WITH NO GREATER CAPITAL.

"All want to make me million
aire." he sighed. as he changed benches
in the City Hall Park, New York, "is the
beggarly sum of five hundred dollars"
"How ?" asked the tramp in the calico
shirt beside him.
81 leave New York for Boston. I
arrive in Boston and rent luxurious
Office ON the ground floor. 1 advertise
the Alaska Antediluvian Tusk Company
capital half million-a few shares
for sale-dividends paid monthly"
What's your company for ?"
"For to go around and pick up the
tusks of elephants So they thaw out OF
the glaciers"
"Well 2"
"Well, that's all, except that remain
one month pay ont three hundred and
tifty dollars i'll dividends one hun.
dred thousand dollars worth of stock.
and gently side ont between two days"
"Wnat becomes of the elephants
tusks - rsut* I-...-.
They are used for gravestOnes for
the stockholders who get left"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-16
AMONG THE IRISH GENTRY.

In ireland, the distances are so great
between country houses that social enter
tainments have to be planned with direct
view to this fact Morning parties"
are given all summer. and until late in
the autumn. Invitations for these are
issued perhaps two weeks in advance,
and we have known them to extend over
thirty miles of country. Guests are
invited for half-past ten or eleven, and
arrive between these hours and midday.
The grounds are i'll order with tennis,
croquet, marques etc, just as for any
garden party, rugs laid down and easy
lawn chairs disposed about, and the
company amuse themselves variously
antil one or two o'clock, when sump-
ions luncheon is served. Again the
company stroll outdoors, spending the
afternoon socially and with the five
O'Clock tea ON the lawn; the twilight
indoors or out; and finally, at nine
clock, supper closes the days fes-
WITTY. After which, come the sounds Of
lie many carriages from the stables,
where John and James, and Stephen
nj Peter, have been most Hospitality
Entertained, and the company roll away,
many having drive OF fifteen or twenty
mi es before them. Dinners seem to
belong to winter time in Ireland, also
dances, and once huntn commences
there are fine times for one and all
The magistrates dinners bring together
pleasant parties for both ladies and gem
tlemen, at the house of the magistrate
who is nearest the court and these are
both social and instructive, since the
talk is of the day. One thing to be
noted with pleasure and profit in an
Irish house is the relation between mas
ter and man, mistress and maid.
Nowhere have we seen better bred, bet
ter-trained servants than in such q
country house as we have described.
There is no undue familiarity, no possi7
BILE disrespect, and yet geniality pro-
walls among the servants, quiet sort OF
good humor, readiness to laugh and
say bright word now and again, which
shows how entirely they consider the
place their home The devotion Of an
old Irish family servant is proverbial
and after seeing them in their own
country, one cannot wonder at it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-16
SHRINKING IN WOODEN GOODS.

A German technical journal states that
WOODEN fabrics treated according to the
following simple method will be found
to be proof against shrinking, and will
also retain their color unchanged The
fabrics are first soaked for several hours
in warm, moderately concentrated solu-
ton of soda, to which about half II tum-
bier of ammonia water has been added,
more or less, according to the quantity
of material treated. At this stage the
fabrics are washed out, after the addi-
tion of some water that is warm, then
rinsed in fresh water. The same result
may be reached hy adding tumhlt.r Of
ammonia water to q small tub of water.
soaking the stuffs for half an hour in
this. and finally rinsiug them III pure
waiter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-16
AFTER THE GLACIAL PERIOD.

The geological professor, Bilger, was
discussing ut his boarding-house table on
the West side, New York. the hardy ami
mails that existed during the different
formations of the earth.
"Now those monera that walked the
earth soon after the glacial period were
very hardy and rugged in their nature, I"
he said. looking at the landlady and try
ing to run his knife through o piece Of
beefsteak.
I'm fact" he continued. "they were
tough: they had to be, to stand the low
pressure of the barometer"
"Will we ever have another period
like that again ?" asked the wag Simeon
across the table, watching the professor
in his fruitless efforts to cut his beef
steak.
1--WE may, in fact I am sure, and that
age will be called"
1.-THE beefaye." said the wag.
The landlady gave Simeon a glacial
look that made his hash taste as, if the
barometer had burst from low pres
sure.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-16
PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY.

De man what tells de truf wild er
effort is nine times outen ten er easy
liar.
De eye often mislesds people. De
hawks got better eye den de game
rooster.
Yer can impose on er enemy an he
doan' think much erbout 1t, but when
yer imposes on err dear frien' he is dun
wild yer fur life.
Err man may larn ter Tub er oman,
but er chile kahn larn ter lub his fodder
an mudder. Ell de lub amt born dar it
ain gwine ter come.
De wildes' man sometimes becomes
de quietest citizen. Oar amt nothin'
more skittish den young deer, but
once ketch him an he is de easies' thing
in de worl' ter tame.
It peers dat all through life de hardest
thing ter do is de bes' arter it am done
1t takes de hardes' sorter work ter split
er knotty piece O wood, but arter it is
split it makes de bes' fire.
Some chillun KANT be teached how
ter berhabe darseves. Yer may take
de vile turkeys aigs an hatch EN- out
un'er de tamest turkey in de Ian, but
jes' ez soon ez de young ones gifts big
ernuff, da rize an fy erway.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-16

A Cyclone is like o waiter. Il carries
everything before it
A great aiter-dinnes speech-Haye o
eigarl
Love is blind, bat matrimony is o
great oculisA va
The popular definition If cashier-
Cash somewhere else.
A dress does not mako . woman, but
often breaks man.
When the trunk line railroads are not
playing policy they arc playing pool.
The South Sea islanders arc learning
to swear in English and play poker.
Anothed advance in the Pacific male
Good gracious. said the hen, when
she discovered the porcelain egg in her
nest, IL shall be q brick aver next"
Drops of water falling continuously
upon u two inch oak plank would wear o
hoie through it i'll about thirty-five years
Moral: Drink beer
Sir" exclaimed the orator, "has the
Indian any rights p "He has, said the
chairman. "but he gets left when he
tries 20 assert them
Sam Jones. the evangelist, has opened
a campaign to save" Chicago. His
great-grandchil.lren will carry on the
business ct the old stand.
A funeral is a tiresome preachers
opportunity. Turn him on to large
congregation and he will make the
mourners wish the party had never died.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-16

Wife:-"A Aren't you getting d little
bald, dear?" Husband Yes, but
must expect it ut my time of life Wife:
Nonsense! you needn't be bald for
ten years yet If you would take proper
care OF your hair. In justice to me /
think yon ouaht to try some remedy"
Husband =" Why in Justice to yon. my
dear 7" Wife, Because if You should
become hafi woulu be placed III q very
false position" - 30
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-16

the reasons BARRIERS talk SO much p
that the. greater number OF them know
how to +" chin " in two languages
..NlIe- a rs a. - ..Ntol.-. { = -. .rle
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-13

art. and his family occupy leading post
/ tlOn In the sOcety OF Oakland, ana are
well known in san Francisco. Dir. pan
cans son John is young lawyer, ana ms
( daughter MyrA has been relgnlnS Dele
for two seasons.
Tho young lady was II years or age on
her last birthday, and is the possessor OF
remarkable beauty. She Is a voluptuous
blonde, with full blue eyes, white teeth
and the smallest feet in Oakland social
circles. Miss Myra is an accomplished
pianist, and speaks spanish Ike native.
Many young men of the city rave been
-uitors for her hand, but they made liitle
or no progress toward capturing the
heart Of the young heiress. sing Ham mad
not been installed IN the house Of Mr..
Duncan before he gave general satisfac-
ton
MIR. Duncan said that he had never eaten
such beelsteak as Sing Ham served up,
and young John Duncan expressed the
opinion that Hams apple dumphngs We're
The finest In the market. Miss Myra did
not say much, but she began to visit the
Kitchen at all hours, and told her father
that her highest ambition was to become
"A good cook. Mr. Duncan was pleased at
the interest which Miss Myra took in cult
nary matters, ana expressed his entire ap-
prOval of her course.
Mr.. Duncan was astonished when he
/ came down 10 breakfast this morning 10
discover that there was no fire in the
Kitchen, and that Sing Ham was absent.
His clothes were gone, too, and there was
nothing 10 tell why he had taken so alb
rupt departure. Miss Myra did not ap-
lear AT her usual time. either, and Mr..
Duncan went upstairs and called her.
There was no response, and he entered the
bedroom. Miss Myra was not there, but
Mr.. Duncan espied note upon the bu-
reau and he tore it open with trembling
hands. 1t read:
"Dear Fdber-Sing and | knew it
would be useless to ask your consent to
our marriage, so we have run away. DO
not look for us, as it viii be Of no Use.
"GOur loving MYRA.'
Mr.. Duncan swoOned from the shock.
when he recovered his son was hastily
summoned, and search for the clipping
couple began.
A milkman had seen them cross the
ferry to san Francisco at an early
hour in the morning. He recog-
nized Miss Duncan, but supposed that
the Chinaman who accompanied her
was a servant who was taking her to the
train. 1t is believed that the young lady
is secreted in the Chinese quarter, and the
search will be vigorously prosecuted.
II Sing Ham is found it is probable
that he will be used TO decorate a lamp
most.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-13
! Ring for Bell Boy.
2 Rings for Ice Water.
g Rings for Porter.

'Bill,' said he, edo you see them re-
marks on the hangin' wall: Two rings for
ice water, three rings for porterr How
many rings wonder will 1t take TO bring
red llkkerS Touch her on on porter for 9
starter"
Fat Bill reached out OF his bed and CON-
piled with the request, when the porter
came.
"Well, boss"
81 knowed they wouldn't follow the
small bills. Jest see that snuff-colored
cannibal, William. Where is the Oriental
cuspidor filed with porter9 Where is the
solid gold plate, with incense and cigars
on it? African, you go down the shaft
again. and you tell the superintendent to
puths ear to our telephone, and mind the
small bills"
The clerk went up shortly afterward
and found the old man plugging the an.
nunciator with his revolver at six
PAGES.
"See him. William: see the liver-colored
pointer Where is the alabaster jug oil
precious ointment? Where IS the Egypt.
ian snake plate, filed with sea biscuit
You call this living high2 Blank me, if
don't plug every telephone there Is in the
houseW
But he didn't, as the police took him
away murmuring that if he had another
gun he wouldn't be ''took alive"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-13
UNPUBLISHED HISTORY.
Diplomatic Secrets Never Made Public
Caleb Cushing's Relations with spain.

HdoNf"gfON HpectUts
An ex-State Department officer, in dis
cussing the features of the Kelley case
and the precedents governing the same, to
show the necessity of having diplomatic
representatives on terms of the closest in
timacy with the powers to which they
were accredited, said that 1t very often
happens that minister, by reason of his
intimacy with the officers of the court
where he is sent. is enabled to give this
government the most valued information,
that is never made public, except when
some State Department CLERK, charged
with the compilation of the diplomatic
correspondence, fails to realize the inn
portance Of his task, and communica-
ion is published, which leads to trouble
Instantly,
A few years ago the American Minister
to Venezuela was told 10y that government
| to leave without ceremony The reason
was that he had sent this government
something in his official dispatches which
was grossly offensive to the Venezuelan
government, and they, without waiting to
formally ask the United States to with
draw the Minister, drove him away with
out delay.
az" said the ex-state department Off
Ger, sail of Dir. Christiancy's correspond
L
published, it is doubtful if he would ever
nave been allowed to leave that country
without running great risk to his life.
There WAS the correspondence OF Caleb
Cushing when he was Minister to Spain
! Much OF what he communicated to his
| superiOrs of the State Department will
never be made public. 1t deals with the
inner history of the Spanish court. and
throws light upon matters of history
which have never before been touched
! upon ~ any work. 1t is of such a char
actor that 1t eould not be made public at
the present time without creating q storm
across the water. You may never have
seen it hinted even, but. while there lie no
direct evidence Of the fact, 1t was long
suspected that Caleb Gushing played a
| dual role when he represented this gov
! eminent at Madrid. II is suspected that
he was not only the representative Of this
| country. but his eminent legal learning
| made his services in demand by the Span
sh government, and it is thought that he
was also secretly the counsel of that gov
eminent.
| "a characteristic of his correspondence
was the occurrence of unfamiliar words
Now and then, in the reading of his dis.
patches. a word was encountered that
would send everybody to hunting up the
dictionary in order TO clearly understand
the force of the writer's remarks. 1t was
always found that the word used was
most fitly chosen. and invariably gave a
meaning which no other term could i'm.
! part"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-13
Gerster,s BAby.


1t is announced that Mapleson will
bring Mrs. Etelka Gester back to this
country again next winter for a season Of
opera. He does not seem 10 he aware
hat Mrs. Gerster has come to be regarded
by American audiences as reYered
chestnut. But there is one consoling
bought that occurs 10 us-Mrs. Gerster
may return, but she can't play that baby
racket on US next season. For a number
Of years we have been RECALLED with Gers
ter's baby. and we have Gerster's baby
served up to us in every possible shape
in cadenZas, recitatiYes, bravuras, arias
scenas, staccatOs, and yibratos-until we
have come 10 believe that perhaps, after
nh, Gcrster's baby was only myth, in
vented for business purposes purely. But
Gereter's baby is not myth; she is a
real live baby-though perhaps not
strictly "A baby now, for she must be a
girl OF IA or l5-and we can imagine her
taking lumty-tum lessons on the piano
aud getting her voice into whack for tho
legitimate successorship TO her revered
and putopmed mother
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-13
A Jamaica Trick.

from the Detroit Free Press.
There was large crowd OF excursion
lists in the station at Savannah, and this
made considerable bother for the people
going out on the evening train. There was
a pale-faced, slim-waisted young man,
weighing 100 pounds who paid a colOred
man a quarter TO get some baggage
checked. The man didn't appreciate the
situation, and took his time for It. In
deed, the young man hunted him up to
discover that he was gossiping with some
OF his color, and that the baggage was
stil uncarcd for. He spoke his mind
pretty freely and was promptly sassed"
in return. Just what led % the climax
| didn't see nor hear, but all OF a sudden
the hurry cOlOred man drew razor from
his pocket ana started for the light weight
with the remark that ned make bloody
carpet rags Of him.
II would have been a good time for the
Young mali 20 pun revolver, hut he made
no motion. I'm such a crowd no one
knew exactly what was happening. and
80 the rush Of the negro was not staid
He took two skips and jump, the razor
in his right hand, and as he landed in
front OF the young man the kper-edged
weapon made sweep for the white
throat. Next instant ne was Tying
among the rafters OF the building, and
the wOuld-he murderer WIS catesslng his
elbow aud bowling with pain. As he
Nhir'ed around bee was given u couple 0f
"lluers" which shot m out 0f the cir
Gle, and the young man went 10 see about
his baggage.
"whst ala you do2' l asked him after
we were or.
"Kieked the elbow Of his razor-arm, -
be ans wtrHd
sis 10 a. trickY
well. 10 took me year 10 learn IT,"
"WhpreP'
Gin jamaica. II will be six months
before h0 can raise that hand to his collar
button. You ought 70 learn NJ. 10 saves
carrying a revolver Is handler than q
knife and YOU don't bang your knuck loo
up knOokins iolas down."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-13
EaShilgt0l- and L8R . UliEafSItE.
salrDiraI.
ECZEMA!

For the benefit OF suffering humanity, 1
deem It only my duty TO give this unsolicited
testimony in favor OF Swift's Specific. My
wife has been afflicted with Eczema from in
fancy. We tried every known remedy, but to
n avail. She WAS also afflicted with "a peri
cd cal nervous headache, sometimes followed
by an intermittent fever, so that her life be-
came burden 10 her. Finally determined
% try Swifps Specific. She commenced seven
weeks ago. After taking the first large bot
Tie the disease seemed to increase; the burn
ing, itching and Inflammation became I'M
bearable. she, however, persevered in the
Use Of the medicine. After taking the second
bottle the Inflammation began TO subside.
Al or the third bottle the Inflammation dis
appeared aud sore spots dried up and turned
white and scsly. and finally she brushed them
on in AN impalpable white powder resembling
pure salt. she is now taking the sixth bottle F.:
every appearance of the disease Is gone, and
her flesh IS soft and white a. q chiu'a. Her
headaches have disappeared a4d he eni0t =
the oui, good health che has known 10 a.
Years No wonder she deems every bottle OF
;. ;. y. is worth a thousand times is weight
IN god.
Any further information concerning her
Gaze viii be cheer ullv given BY herself az her
residence. 1875 Mullett street, or hy me.
JOHN r BRADLEY. "a Griewold St
Detroit. Mich, May 10. 1885,
For sale by all druggists.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 8. Atlanta, ca.
New York. i57 w. 28d -.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-13
A Maharuah's London Dinner.

Fff"f Nftc ANffNNfN " NftNs
The Maharajah " Jehore wearing all
his diamonds) gave a bah last Tuesday ~
Wills rooms under the auspices Of Mr..
Gllett, who seemed delighted 81 visit In
such august company the scene of his
earliest triumph. Lady Henry LennOx
wearing all her diamonds reviewed the
Vu-sts with admirable urbanity; the
Prince OF Wales tarriod too long at Mrs
OppDnheim's, ana did not come; Miss
Wn~lOw, in white aud gold. divided with
Miss Chandos Pole and her sister "a,
ennral admiration; Lady Couyers. IN
willow satin, received many compliments
me Indian, Japanese and siampse con.
tlnernf never appeared in greater force
ara before midnight Mr.. Gillett was in a
position t. officially certify 60 he royal
h0st nat he had dulN shaken hands with
,jl persons a. the head OF toe stairs.
would rather say nothing oi the supper
except perhaps that 10 cost the hOspitable
Mnharajah nearly 1000,