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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-12-05

Mr.. Jesse Trimble. the handsome
and obhgiug drug clerk for two
wears with Al. z. Barnes x Son and
lately with the firm OF Paul Jones d
Co leaves tomorrow morning for
his home in Butler. Mo-. and from
there to Chicago t. attend the col
lege os phar.aaey-Wichita Eagle.
jesse argive.f n Butler the last ..
the week anu looks as if Kansas eli.
s1ste had agreed with him. He is
an excellent young gentleman and
has many friends Ill Butler.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-12-05
THE NEVADA TRAGEDY.
Terrible Effects of kOrbe's Act on Two
Households.

Nevada, Mo-, Dec. 1.-The tragic
death of Miss Mary Ella Ray and
George Godfrey Korbe is yet a sub
lect Of intense interest in this city
and section of country. Various the
ories as to the motive that led to
this terrible affair have been advanc-
ed, yet the truth will, in all probabil-
ity. never be known. The remains
OF Mary Ellen Ray were brought to
this city yesterday, followed by rel
atiyes and friends, and inferred in
Deepwater cemetery beside those OF
her deceased father, John Ray, who
died some three years ago.
The father and brother of God
frey korbe arrived at the Ray home
stead Thursday night and tool
charge of the body, which was in
TERED at blackberry school house a
two o'clock yesterday afternoon. I
was reported in this city that Mis-
Mary korbe. the sister of Godfre,
korbe, was attended by a physician
MI night. aud that this great troubl
has caused her to become a maniac
1t IL also learned that Korbe moth
es is entirely deranged. The mem
bers Of the Ray family are suff.rin:
terrible mental agony over the dealt
Of the daughter and sister.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-12-05

Mr.. Turner, of Kansas, will again
introduce the bill which was passed
by both houses of congress at the
last session, bnt failed to get the
president s sigature, to allow persons
who had abandoned Or relinquished
their homestead entries to make an
other entry.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-12-05

r. Fl. Crum, manager of Dun's
Commercial agency at Williamsport,
Pa. mas charged with embezzlement.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-12-05

Deputy Z. s.. marshal Willis ar
rested one Scott. at Pierce City fol
fampering with the L. S. mail an,l
fcok him to Springfield. 1t seeG=
pat Scott suspected his wife OF be
lg too intimate with II man nj kai.
8 City by the name of Schick. ans:
a little srbtelfuge induced the
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-12-05

Philadelphia parties claim, under
an old Spanish grant, 10000 acres
of land near Berryville, Ark, includ-
ing some valuable farming lands.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-12-05

At Indianapolis, Ind. yesterday
George Hacker, a young German
anarchist. mortally wounded his
benefactor, James P. Bruce, well
to do baker. by cutting him again
and again with a knife aud hatche'
because Bruce exhibited qualification
over the election Of Harrison.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-12-05

Congressman Springer will secure
action ON the Oklahoma bill as soon
as the rules will allow.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-12-05

A man who has practiced medicine
for 40 years ought to know salt
from sugar; read what he says.
TOLEDO, O., Jan 10, 1887.
Messrs. F. J. Cheney & CO.
-Gentlemen:-I have been in the
general practice of medicine for
most 40 years, and would say that
in all my practice and experience,
have never seen preparation that I
could prescribe with as much conf
dence of success as I can Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by you.
Have prescribed it a great many
times and It's effect is wonderful. and
would say in conclusion that have
vet to find case Of Catarrh that it
would not cure, if they would take
it according to directions.
Yours Truly,
l.. L. GoRsUCH, NJ. d.
Office. 215 Summit ST.
We viii give 800 for any case of
catarrh that cannot be cured with
Halls Catarrh Cure Taken inter
naliy.
T. J. CHENEY IL Co. Toledo. O.
El:S Sold By Druggists. 15e. Slim
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-12-05
Children Cry for Pitchers castoria-

when Baby was sick, we gave her Cassssia-
When ahs was Child, she csisd for Casaosaa.
When she became Miss. shs caung 70 Cas~A.
When shs bad Childreo, shs gsvs tb0 caseodA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-17
WASHINGTON CHURCHES.
Some of Those Which Great Men of the
Past and Present Have Attended.

Some of Those Which Great Men of the
Past and Present Have Attended.
ITO the memory of General Winfield
Scott, who was for many years men,
ber of the vestry of this church"
That was what read on one of the
windows of st. Johns Episcopal church
of this city. rs l passed out with the
congregation that had been packed
within that grand old church edifice
alongside Lafayette Square. On other
windows were similar inscriptions COM
memorating other distinguished officers
of army and navy. who had been con-
nected with the church. One of them
indicated that it had been erected to the
memory of Mrs. Arthur by her husband.
Chester A. Arthur, who was regular
worshiper ut this church during his
Presidency. This suggested a query rs to
whether or not the prominent people of
the nation, those who make and admin
ister the laws, are church-goers. Look
ing about | saw in The congregation
Senator Edmunds, with his white beard
and the black skull cap which
he always wears in the Senate Cham
Der; Senator Evarts. with his hands
clasped behind his back; Congressman
Blanchard, of Louisiana. who had
sought seat in the gallery but had
been unable to find one. and number
OF grizzled old army officers. A look
over the records of the church shows
that President Madison and a number
of other occupants of the White House
between his term and that of the pres
ent incumbent. There are Il half-dOzen
or more churches in Washington which
boast one or more Presidents among
their members or regular attendants at
various times. The oldest church in
the city of Washington, Christ
Church." Episcopal, which. by the way,
is as old as the city of Washington it.
self, having been built in 1895. five
years before the seat of government
was transferred here. was the religious
house of President Monroe, as it was
of other Presidents of early days. Its
cemetery was known as Washington
Parish Burial Ground" but when it
had been used as the resting place of
many Congressman who died here, it
was rechristened Congressional Gem
etery.' The Presbyterian church.
where the President now attends, was
attended by Presidents Jackson. Polk.
Pierce and Buchanan. Another Pres
byterian church, nearer to the White
House. was President Lincoln's church.
President Grant attended the Metro
politan Methodist Episcopal church
Hayes attended the Foundry Methodist
church, nearer the Executive Mansion.
-Wdshi,,1ton Letter.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-17
q CHAPTER on Taste.

Taste is the power to perceive the
beautiful. Experience is needed for
this, and, therefore, the formation OF
taste is not only varied. but gradual
No one would be content to adhere to
his childish Judgment, for in most eases
it would be but an imperfect one. In
the period of youth all is novelty and
the estimate of every thing is naturally
exaggerated. Ayoung man goes to the
theater for the first time; the actors are
by no means talented. the scenic az
rangerents are any thing but realistic.
but it is of no consequence. the youth is
enchanted-it is new world to him
and he is, therefore, so carried away
that he is absolutely incapable of form
ing sound Judgment; it is not that his
taste is bad, but it is simply uniformed.
But besides experience, cultivation is
required. To acquire good style in
composition, and. therefore, to thor
oughly appreciate the best writers, it is
by no means sufficient to have written
a great deal. experience is not enough
here; there must be careful study of
the best authors, and this study will be
a great assistance to the requirement
of a sound literary taste. London
Queen.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-17
ARABIAN AMUlETS.
Charms Against the Evil Eye, Disease and
Bad Luck.

Next to a commercial grandee you
will find patriarch versed in the Koran
and possessing the power of writing
extracts from the book of the prophet,
and through them and his own venera-
led mediation Of insuring the individ-
ual - made happy possessor OF the
valuable document by paying few
sous-against disease. bad luck, the evil
eve and innumerable misfortunes
A charming old acquaintance of mine,
near whose sanctified abode | made
several studies and took refuge when it
rained, seemed to have an extensive
practice in writing these charms on
eggs, perhaps three times a week at
one sou each.
These charms are more frequently
written on paper to be folded and in
closed in amulets, which are generally
square or triangular in shape. and
made of silk, leather and tin. As they
believe in the efficacy of these scraps of
paper, so are they superstitiouS about
paper generally; they object. for in
stance. to going before French authori-
ties to settle their grievances against
each other, preferring verbal discus
sions of their case in presence of their
cadi. for they fear that all sorts of
harmful words may be written-basides
the name of God-and subsequently,
used to their condemnation. Children
thn ,.l
their cap; men and women wear them
on their person, sometimes above the
elbow. and in their garments; horses
have them attached to the band passing
across their chest to protect them from
the evil eye. Those worn by the women
of the higher and wealthy classes are
inclosed in richly engraved cases of
gold and silver and suspended to chains
slung over the shoulder and passing
around the waist, they add greatly to
the richness OF their costume and form
part of their wealth.
Tell me, Baia, what do you do when
you fall i'll. l suppose you call in
doctor?"
20 no; the men may do so when they
are sick. for our Arab doctors are far
superior 10 the French, but we women
60 to the marabout; he writes a few
words from certain chapters in the
Koran, such as these: God is the best
protector He is the most mercifuI of
those who show mercy or. "A guard
against every rebellious devil etc.
This paper we chew and swallow, and
with little water which he gives US
from the sacred well of the mosque
Sidi Abd-el-Rhaman we need no more,
and in few days We recover. ."-Har-
per's Gagazinc
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-17
ONE CAT AT A TIME.
Don't Scatter Your shot IT You Want to
BE Successful.

BE Successful.
A youngster. whose upper lip betrays
signs of the coming soup filter, wants
to know what business will pay him
best. That is hard question. If ne
is looking for the article that causes the
female equine to get up and hump her.
self, and cares not how he obtains it,
he might acquire Il considerable guam
tity by opening 4 savings bank and
suSpending at the proper time; but if
he has not the talent to become first
class thief, he had best select some
legitimate business and stick to it until
he is either called to join the angels or
acquires competency. 1t is not al
ways the most talented men who be-
come most successful. The brilliant
men are too often brilliant failures.
They can do almost any thing, and
they don't do it-while men with less
talent but more Judgment fight it out
on their chosen line through storm and
calm, and bag the game. The man
who can do one thing we'll is in greater
demand than the man who can do al
most any thing indifferently. Load
your artillery carefully and blaze away
ut the same Thomas cat until you fetch
him. Don't cripple him and let him
get away while you are looking for a
flock of. felines to fire into. We know
a man who is an Indifferent workman
at three trades. and mas dabbled in a
dozen different lines of business. He is
not worth dollar. and yet he is am
bilious and possessed of considerable
talent. He was in too big hurry to
get rich. He scattered his shot. He
wanted to bag barn full of cats at
once, and the consequence is that he is
out Of cats, while his more patient
neighbors have felines to throw at the
birds. Don't scatter your shot.-Terds
SiffinOS.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-17
Let Your Motives be Good.

1t is the motive that. more than any
thing else, renders an action good or
bad. However fair the look of an ac-
ton may be, if the right motive be
wanting, the action is hollow; if the
motive be bad one, the action is rot
ten at the core. Who cares for an out
ward seeming. or show of friendship
or affection, unless the heart be also on
the same terms? Who does not prize
a rough outside, when it covers an
honest inside, more than the most
fawning fondness from heart that is
cold and false? Thus it is right to insist
OH the principles for their own sake,
because the principles give their value
to the actions, not the actions to the
principles. for they are but dross. The
principles are the gold on which is to
be placed the stamp, and if the gold is
not good, the stamp. though it often
deceiyes the people. gives it no real
worth.-M 7 Ledger.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-17
CROPS AND PROFITS.
Decrease the Average and Increase tn
Yield the Secret of Success.

| Decrease the Average and Increase the
| Yield the Secret of Success.
There is but little question that in
raising small crops farmers lose the
larger part of the profits that might
be secured. The raising of crop of
wheat that only yields ten bushels, can
hardly be made to pay expenses, if in
deed it does not prove a loss. while if
the yield is increased to twenty bushels
per acre fair profit may be realized.
This holds good with nearly all kinds
of farm products. To this may be
added the fact that small yields almost
invariably imply low quality. and this
in turn generally means low prices that
still further cut down the profits. If a
certain number of bushels are neces-
sary to pay running expenses in rails
ing the crop for market, the difference
of comparatively small quantity in
the yield and quality will make the
difference between raising the crop at
a profit or suffering loss.
In majority of cases a better result
can be secured if we are more careful
to make the soil richer; to properly
prepare in good tillable condition; TO
use the best quality of seed and to give
more thorough cultivation. Each of
these effect the yield and the quality
more or less. and if all are given in a
thorough manner, it will only be in ex-
ceptional cases, when a sufficiently
larger yield will not be secured to
make the crop profitable.
In very many cases the work OF pre-
pairing the land, securing the seed.
planting and cultivating. is very little
less when small yield is secured than
it is with a good crop. and often 4
small amount of additional work will
very materially increase the yield.
A little more time spent in harrow
ing, or an additional working with the
cultivator, will often make consider
able difference in the yield; better
less acreage of almost any crop. with a
thorough preparation of the soil. care
full seeding in good season, and with
thorough cultivation given at the right
time and in proper manner, than a
larger acreage less thoroughly pre-
pared and less care taken in the selec-
ton and planting of the seed. and
with the cultivation less thorough.
1t is an important item with all
crops to have the seed sown in
good season. But when you are at
tempting to plant a larger acreage than
you can be able to properly manage,
there is considerable risk of at least a
portion not being planted as it should
be. Decrease the acreage and increase
the yield, will in great majority of
cases increase the profit Field
and St0ckDlGn.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-17
AMERICAN EXPLORERS.
What They Have Done and the Uondcr
They Have Revealed.

They Have Revealed.
Explorers from America are in ever,
land and on every sea- Already sht
has contributed her quota of martyfl
in the frozen North. and has led the
way to the torrid regions of Africa.
The people of Europe, through Colum.
bus, opened up new world for us
and we. through Stanley. have dis.
covered q new world in the old fol
them.
Much has been done on land, little
on the other three-forths of the earth S
surface. But here Americans had laid
the foundations of new science-the
geography OF the sea.
Our explorers have mapped out the
surface of the ocean and discovered the
have traced the southwark flow of the
Arctic waters to temper the climate of
the tOrrid zone. They have followed
the northward set of the heated waters
of the equator and have shown how
they form these wonderful rivers of
warm water that flow. without walls,
through the colder waters of the sea
until they strike the western shores of
EuOpe and America, and how they rem
der habitable the almost Arctic coun-
tries of Great Britain and Alaska.
They have even followed these warm
currents further and shown how they
ta no A fN
the rigors of the Arctic cold. Bravely
but vainly have they sought for the
ignis fatuus of explorers-the open
polar sea-produced by the action of
the warm waters from the south.
American explorers have sounded
the depths of the ocean, and discovered
mountains and valleys beneath the
waves. They have found the great
plateaus on which the cables rest that
bring US into instantaneous commune
cation with the rest of the world. They
have shown the probable existence of 4
vast submarine range of mountains,
extending nearly the whole length of
the Pacific Ocean-mountains so high
that their SUBMITS rise above the sur
face to form islands and archipelagoes
in the Pacific, and all this vast region
of the earth, which, few years
ago, was considered uninhabitable on
account of the great pressure, they
have discovered to be teeming with life.
From the depths of the ocean they
have brought living things. whose lives
were spent under conditions of such
pressure that the elastic force of their
own bodies burst them open before
they could be brought to the surface;
living creatures, whose self-luminous
spots supplied them with the light de-
MED them in the deep abyss from which
they sprang-abysses so deep that the
powerful rays of the sun could only
feebly penetrate to illuminate or warm.
Prof. G. G. Gardiner.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-17
WE DON'T KEEP THEM LONG

While others sing OF the coming spring,
Mine is a sadder song.
OF the children street. around cur feet
o, we don't keep the children long!
Not far the day tilI they'll fy away,
Away from this home Of ours,
just as the snow in spring will 81,
Just as in fall. the flowers. s
The babies we bless. with fond c2reSs,
And love still deeper, fOn1er.
Like birds will sing, like birds VII wing,
Like birds the wide world wander.
The leddie wee. upon my knee,
Arnan snail meet my vision.
While other feet as swift, as sweet,
Nay tread the field elysiaa.
The little girl whose hair you curl,
Her sweet rose-mOuth soft kissing,
Away will trip. away will slip,
And you shall do the missing.
Wen still be near and still be dear,
But oh with eyes grown clearer,
Wen surely see that there must be
Another nearer. dearer.
We know that best is Gods behest
Ana thank Hin for the giving
or each soft dove. whose nesting love
flakes LIE more worth the living.
TOED \ cOulu l6Inb Soun0 most BOo0
And cheerieSt to a mother,
'TwOuld be the shout when boys rush out
And rush back with another
Though sweeter than this and deeper 5liss
Is to dream when day IS dying,
And on your breast in sleepy rest,
a tired little head IS lying.
o. men We shall see. on. women to bel
Some day We shall love you dEiy
But now when you're small and our all IN all
Most tenderly ana most truly.
So while you stay Wen thrust away
Silence. sorrow. sadness.
And ill 20 the brim from dawnirg dim
Every day with gladaess.
Let others sing Of the joys OF spring,
Mine is a gladder song
or the children who meet around our feet,
Their laughter loud, their kissessweet
Their love which makes all life complete
Though we don't keep the children long!
-kdts ". Cyegry, in tool Housekeeping.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-17

tAll communications 1o- his paper snouIo
Se accompanied by the name OF the author
got necessarily for publication. but as an evi
dence OF good faith on the part OF the writer
Write only on one s:ce Of the paper. Be
particularly careful IN giving names and dates
% haze the letters s.GG figures plain anf
distinct
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-07-20

anon he spoke Of having J-st returned
from Wyoming Territory or of having
ast worked in Tex
But his appearances, from wl,at yer
direction he clme, always carried me
back to tho haleyon days Of my youth.
nd invoked a vision CT a brisk young
MN stopping out Of hts way to perform
kiady service for a roupd-facsd coui-
Try boy comc.to the city to seek his ior-
tune. That picture will always last
Iii wants havJ generally been modest,
and neol scarcely add thtt his claims
on ma htvs never failed of recognition.
Il, in opening my purse, l h.vJ some
times opened my lips and bcsought him
to be man, it is but common
justice to him to say that h. has invaria-
bly, promised to mead his ways But hc
has steadily gone down hill, and has
we'll nigh reached the bottom. l know
better than scarcely any other man can
know, how hard he has trie to retrace
the steps taken under social pressure,
years ago, and which have led to his
decadence, physically and intellectual
ly. lie has struggled against a cruel
fate and has failed. 1t was with sin
cere sorrow that last saw him pa.e,
weak and emaciat d. Judge that the
old enemy is conquered at last; but it is
too late. A more mcrciless enemy one
on whom we my exhaust strength Of
will in vain, il obviously prcying upon
his shattered frame.
Some day we shall read Of his death,
and the casual acquaintance will say:
Drank himself into the consumption.
Poor fellowl he deserved better cnd."
and will think no moro about him. But
when the writer reads that announces
ment he will feel sad aud gricved for
many day; for Finn was once kind to
boy whose catalogue of friends was
limited cnou n then, and to whose eyes
the tears will start ua bid len when recur-
ring Junes remind him that above the
friend of his youth mound rises on
which the daisies bloom and the grass
waves sadly in the summer air. r The
Electric Age.