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The Butler weekly times., 1888-02-15

Sedalia, No, February Ga few
tlays ago D. W. Burford, well-to-
DO ,armer, residing near Longwood.
Pettis county, died, leaving wife
and FIVE children. He was well off.
and he left will in which he be-
queathed to his two SONS, z. c. aid
B. F. Burford, his farm with the
provision that they should support
and care for their mother during hel
life. The will was secreted i'll what
was presumed to be safe place.
and to-day it was drawn forth fol
the purpose of having it admitted
to probate, when the startling dis
| covery was made that the signatures
of the deceased and two witnesses
were missing, while the paper was
| otherwise mutilated, mice having
gained an entrance to the dlawe,
and PLAYED havoc with the document
The badly disfgured paper was pre-.
sented to Judge Bailey, of the Pro
bate Court, this forenoon, but he
declined to admit it to probate. anc
provisions of the will will amount t.
naught, as the property will be d.
vided as it would have been if n
will had ever been made.
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ONT

let that cold O, yours run on. You
think it is light thing. But il may run
into catarrn. Or into pneumonia. hr
into consumption.
Ca,arrh is disgusting. Pneumonia Is
dangerous. Consumption Is death it.
self.
The breathing appara's. mutt be kept
beal:hv and clear OF all distractions and
:,ffen.ive matter. Otherwise there u
trouble ahead
All the diseases of the parts, head.
nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs,
,.an I've deligh'full. aud entirely cured
nv the use of o>chee's German Syrup.
II YOU don't know this already, thou
sands nd Thousands OF people can tel
YOU. They have been cured bv 1t znC
.sknOw how it is Themselves" Bottle
only Is cents AK any druggi.t.
~ VI ( o ".
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Consumption, Scrofula, General

DEBILITY, asting ID seases OF ihiid1. -
coughs and B hits, an be cured ~
,hr uss. at S otis Emulsion OF pure CD
Liver Oil with iispopf osphites. Prom
inrnt physicians use il and testify /" -
great value. Please read the iollo~rnss
Al used Scott, En- muision for an obs,Ihats
cough with ii-morrhage, LOIS OF Apo
lite, Emaciation, SlcepIessness, &c,
All OF these have now lett, and believe
,cur Emulsion has szsei a case of well
developed c"nsumptio"."-T. J. find-
lev, ". ID Lone star, Texas. "f have
ror seveIa, years used Scott's Ennis'on2
and find it 10 act well in Eoneumptio1
and ScrofuIs, and other condi,'sns re-
ou'ring tonic of that class, ,''-J B,
BURTON, Vaidosta, Ga. SIDs
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What the Son Thinks.

ltor: III o late issue OF the |
Times letter from my paternal an
ce>tor. The old getleman thinks he
is wiser than his son, and probably |
since he has been getting his eyes
open it may be that he is But I
will tell you one thing: If youcatch his
son acting as foolishly as he has for
the last twenty years or more you
will hear of a considerable amount
of kicking going on in central Hi
nois. If you catch the young farm
els working hard, out in sunshine
and rain. year after year, and giving
from one fourth to one half of the
fruits of their labor to support home
industries that employ nothing but
foreigners, you can smile. The far
mer of to-day doesn't care a cont
mental whether the goods he buys
are manufactured in this country or
i'll the moon, 80 long as he can secure
them on the same basis on which he
has to dispose of his products. The
American manufacturer is supported
and protected by high tariff, and our
manufacturer has no competition.
But the iarmer has to compete with
the whole world.
In every foreign market we find
hosts of competitors. Liverpool
receives wheat not only from the
| United States. but from Canada,
Russia, Austria, and various parts
of Asia, Africa and South America.
| American beef and mutton now come
in competition with that produced
on the islands of the Indian Ocean
and South America. The produc-
ton of Indian corn is increasing in
various parts of the world that will
soon raise it for export. Soon it will
be used for fattening hogs which
will be offered for sale in foreign
markets. The production of cotton
is extending in countries that have
heretofore produced very little. The
! like is true in relation to tobacco
which has been q source of wealth to
this country. That the competition
in ra,s'ng and u,sposiug of farm
products will continue to grow
sharper year by year rs evident
Still the farmer votes to support ou1
home industries aud to protect oul
manufacturers from having comps
tition, and at the same time see
himself showed out in the cold t,
compete with the world or starve
Boys are We going to stand to on
side and allow these oId buffers t.
compel Us to support foreign work
men in America to the tune of $2.5
to S3 per day to enable MIN to guzzl
his lager beer and eat sour-kraut h
, accumuiates fortune aud goes bac
to the old country to enjoy it. Gu
man ufacturers should be compelle
to either stand on their own feet Q
employ nothing but Americans.-
!, Farmers Son in Chicago Times.
The Butler weekly times., 1888-02-15

The Australians are said to be the
greatest batetrs In the worI,- Al
nually $10O.O00,000 changes hands
over horse races.
The Butler weekly times., 1888-02-15

Rheumatism and keuraIgia cured in
% davs tor Is cents bv Detchon's
IN, site Cure" Do no, suffer and waste
money on other remedies. This abso
iuseiy never tails. Sold hy w LANs-
DOWN, Druggist, Butler, NO. Som.
The Butler weekly times., 1888-02-15

ITCH, NANCE, and SCRATCHES
OF ever. kind on human or amin Is c. Z
ed in 20 minutes by VI OLFORO ,
SANITARY LOTION. This reveT
tails. sold BY w. J. LaNsLowS. Drug
sist, Butler. Mo. S-on.
The Butler weekly times., 1888-02-15

It is believed that Robert Lincoln
favors Judge Gresham for the pres.-
dencv.
The Butler weekly times., 1888-02-15
Railard'- Snow LiIlnent VII Cure

Neuralgia. 1t will cure Lame
Back, Sore Throaf, Wounds.
Spra,ns, ii,ui>es. GUS. old Sores.
Ladies il will cure your back-scne.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
An Eastern Ruler's Palace.

The interior of the palace Of the
Amcer of Bokhara, writes correspond
cnt, is very simple, luxuriousness being
only shown in costly carpets and the
presence of large staff of servants.
The walls arc not decorated. In the
audience hall there are two wardrobes,
with mirrors, and in one corner marble
statue of Psyche. A long table occu-
pied the centre of the dining room,
covered with q rcd silk tablecloth.
Lackeys in turbans served the Box
iaran visitors with green tea in china
cups, and the Russian guests were
treated to black tea in tumblcrs. After
tea dinner was served, consisting OF
soup, meat and eggs. The Ameer. on IN
ascending the throne, disposed OF all
the valuables bequeathed him by his
father including presents from the Rus
sian Court. The purchasers were rich
local traders, who bought the articles at
o very low price. The correspondent
states that it is not of rarc occurrence
to see watches set in diamonds and parts
of enamclcd services in the bazaar and
in private hands offered for sale at COM
paratively low prices.
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His Hearthst0ne Is Never Cold.

There is a man living near Danbury,
N. c., who forty-fve years ago married
and determined that so long as he lived
his hcarthstone should never become
cold. To this determination he has ad-
hercd with a persistency amounting
almost to superstition. He has never
slept from home single night, has never
tasted food from any other board except
his own, and never at any time had o
match on his premises. The fire has
never been permitted to burn out IN his
fire place, nor has he ever used gil! OF
Kerosene oil, bought pound Of candles
or anything else for the purpose OF light
ing his residence, which boasts OF only
two windows, or rather two holes cut In
the logs of which his house IS built,
about eight by ten inches; the roof IS OF
boards. and has only been replaced three
times during the torty-ive years. ne
has been three times married, and IS the
father of fourteen children, all OF whom
are living and all married but three.
He has great grandchildren, but the
number OF his defendants we have been
unable to learn. He is still in vigorous
health, and jocularly tells his wife that
he expects ct her death to marry again
and raise another family.-Henry (N C.)
N.,rs
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A select affair-A first class oyster
stew. w.-MercIant TTaueler.
An early settler-a man who pays for
his lodging before going to bed.
They raise vegetable tallow in Aus
tralia. There's the place to laugh and
grow fat.--Sttings.
All great men are attentive listeners.
Many of.them acquire the habit by being
married.-iSomer0ak Journal.
A married man can always pack a
trunk more easily than bachelor can.
He gets his wife to do it for him.-Bos-
too Journal.
Farmers Wife: "I must 60 home; I
have q great deal to do. We are going
to kill an OK today" City Damsel:
"What, you kill an entire OK at oncef"
-Fliegends BIaetter. I
"Pa," said New Hampshire farmers
daugter, "the LATEST tramp'I ever saw
came into the yard to-day. He stood
there by the wood pile and let the dog
undress him. ."-BurIington Free Press.
"You may say what you please about
Pompano," said Bagley, hotly," bu; you
must acknowledge that he is generous to
a fault" II admit it," said Mrs. Bag
ley-:!'to his own fault. ."-PhaadelphiG
Call.
Doctor Ito convalescent PATIENT: ~
have taken the liberty, Sir, of making
out my bill" Patient looking at billy:
"Great Heavens, doctor, you don't ex-
pect me to take all this in one doseW-
Epoch.
She (sentimentally inclined): "What
is your favorite flower, MIR. PittW He
commercially inclined): "Well, we
handle various brands, but there Is the
biggest margin in Red Winter No. az
Epoch.
A Wisconsin court has decided that a
husband may open his wife's letters.
That is all very we'll, so far rs it goes,
but what this country wants is law to
protect O. husband who forgets to mail
his wife's letters.--Neao York Neaos.
One day little Emms's mother reproved
her quite sharply for not changing her
shoes. After a moments reflection
Emma said: II wish you would be real
good TO me, mamma. I think you would
like it after you got used to it. ."-Dstroa
Free Press.
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In q jewelers. Window.

A retail ieweler says: do I ever
keep lookout for suspicious characters
in front of my window with pieces
of lead-pipe or bricks9 No, I can't say
that T do. The watching wouldn't
amount to much unless it was pretty
steady, and that would neccssitate a
trusted man behind the counter for that
purpose alone. But funny thing that
I do notice is the regularity with which
some people will come up to gaze upon
a certain article, who nevertheless have
ueither the means nor the desire to pur-
chase it.
"Now, a schoolboy will come again
and again to feast his eyes upon pc
culiar mechanical clock, and stick his
tongue little further into his check
each time as he marvels upon how it IS
made to work. Just so, suppose are
the poorer classes of people fascinated
by display of glistening gems, which
represent sum by them at once con-
verted in thought into delicacies in
Vulnerable, and three meals day for
several months. Sometimes a person
becomes really attached to some article
displayed, and really feels bad when it
goes.
II remember one instance of seedy-
looking individual who came regularly
every morning and took long look at a
handsome diamond and ruby bracelet
worth nearly $780,, and always went
away with a satisfied smile. He came
regularly for two months, and at first l
suspected him of evil designs, but soon
saw my fears were grouudless. Well,
the morning after the bracelet was sold
that man came up and looked high and
low for the familiar object. Finally nc
walked in and demanded of my clerk
where it was. Sold said he. 'WhatP
shrieked the ,scedy man. Soldl Why
you fraud, what do you mean by putting
goods in your window to attract buyers,
and then selling them! You don't catch
me buying anything here! and he
stalkcd out in high dungeon. Some
other dealer is probably attracting his
custom now. have had many amusing
experiences with tho window. .gazers,
but in oddity this one excelled them
all. "--T THE Jeaoelers' Weekly.
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Some Valuable Woods.

The tulip tree is native of America,
and is found from Canada to Florida. 1t
is especially abundant in the Western
States. The wood is greatly valued for
the ease with which it can be- worked:
Satin wood is the name applied to several
woods of commerce which acquire
peculiar lusture when polished; the prin.
cipal of these are brought from India and
the Bahamas and West Indies. The
Indian satin wood is from a tree OF the
meliacee family, which grows to height
of so or 60 feet, and is found along the
Coromandel coast and other parts OF In
dia; the wood is hard and yellow. The
Bahaman wood comes from tree OF On.
other species; it is lighter coored than
the India wood. Rosewood is name
applied in commerce to several costly
kinds of ornamental wood, which come
from different countries and from very
different trees. The best-known rose.
woods are from Brazil and other parts of
South America. Africa and Burmese
rosewoods are thought 10 come from a
different species OF the same family as
South American trees. Other kinds are
brought from different places and are OBJ
tanned from very different trees. One
kind is found on the Canary Islands only,
another Cd the islard of Jamaica, and
others at different places. Sandal wood
is the name of the aromatic wood OF sew
eral species of santalum, mainly found IN
the East Indies, and on the mainland OF
India, though certain kinds are also OBJ
tainei in the forests of the Hawaiian
Islands, the Feejee Islands, and in Aus
tralia. Black ebony wood Is found
principally in Ceylon, Madagascar, a4d
Mauritius, where it grows spontaneously,
and is cultivated to a certain extent in
other localities of the East. The wood
of all species of the holly tree is remark.
ably white when the tree is young, but
assumes a darker color with age. The
Eu opean holly is found especially in
Italy, Greece, and the Danubian prov
inccs. It grows abundantly throughout
Southern Europe, and is also cultivated
in Great Britain The American holly is
found along the Atlantic coast, from
Maine southwark, and is especially
abundant in Virginia and the Carolinas.
It does not seem to flourish so well In
the West.-Inter- Ocean.
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A japanese Street.

To stroll down the principal street Of
Toxic, of an evening, is species of
liberal education. Long lines of gayly-
lighted shops, crammcd with wares to
captivate alike the novice and the con-
noisseur, look out upon an equally end
less succession of torchlit booths, that
display happy medley of old curios
and new conccits. Hero the very latest
thing in inventions, gutta-pcrcha rat,
that for some reason best known to the
vendor scampcrs about sqneaking with a
m1micry to shame the original, holds an
admiring crowd spcllbound with min
glcd trcpidation and delight.
There O native Zoctrope, ingenious
round of pleasure, whose top, fashioned
after the type of turbine wheel, ena-
bles q candle in the centre to supply
both illumination and motive power at
the same time, affords to as many as can
find room on its circumference peep
at the composite antics of a consecu-
lively pictured monkey in the act of
jumping box. Then again it is some
flower stand, in the growth of whose
shrubs art has dared even to interfere
with nature, and bcgotten forms which
the parent plant would fail to recog-
nize, while opposite this show is a
booth that, among its other curiositics,
has fo' sale little microscopes with legs.
Thus from one attraction to another you
wander on for miles, carried along with
the tide of pleasure seekers in sort Of
realized dream.-Atlantic Monthly
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Explosions Of Natural Gas.

We are told that dreadful consequences
are likely to follow the American enter
prise of boring for natural gas; that IN
China the Lake Foo Chang rests upon
district that was blown up and all Its
inhabitants destroyed, and that the
same catastror''e is imminent IN the
United States unless the laws restrlctthe
further developments in the boring OF so
many wells. The correspondent who
sounds this note of alarm says: "Should
On explosion occur, there will be such an
upheaval as will dwarf the most
terrible of earthquakes ever
known. The country along tho
gas belt from Toledo through Ohio, In
diana and Kentucky will be ripped up
to depth of from 1900 to 1,5oO feet
and flopped over like pancake, leaving
a chasm through which the waters OF
Lake Eric will come bowling down ill.
ing the Ohio and Mississippi valleys and
blotting them out forever" This IS
very startling and to many may appear
very plausible, seeing that the quantity
of gas that sometimes rushes forth when
these wells are opened is something enor-
NOUS. These, however, who have made
practical experiments on ezplod-
ing such gases will not be
prevented from settling in the Ohio OF
Mississippi Valley by fear of the ant!ei-
pated catastrophe. Lecturers who, like
myself, have often shown the old popu-
lar experiment of the electrical pistol
will especially appreciate my meaning.
This is tube through which an electric
spark may be passed into a mixture OF
coal gas and atmospheric Dir. The
usual mode of showing the experiment
is to hold tho tube over gas jet for
few seconds, then cork it and pass the
spark. It should explode and shoot out
the cork, but very frequently fails, and
whys Simply because it contains too
much gas. The lecturer, IN such
case removes the cork, blows down
the tube or otherwise removes some OF
the gas, and introduces air in its place,
then tries again, and bang it gos. The
fact is that tube, borehole, gas
pipe, a gasholder, cavern, or coal mine
filled or nearly filed with hydro carbon
gas is perfectly iuexplosivo. If half
filled with such gas it will not explode:
Even at the present day the majority OF
those who pass the great gasholderss
"gasomcters," rs they are miscalled) OF
our gas WORKS imagine that terrible
explosion would occur if light reached
their contents. The fact is that If q
flaming torchcd were plunged into one
of them when filled with gas the torch
would be instantly extinguished, and
the gas issuing from the hole through
which the torch was thrown would
simply burn in the air, but not in the
holder. 1t would be big gas jet and
nothing further. .-Gentlem1n's Magazines.
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SELECT SIFTINGS.
A Missouri wsman has collected II,

A Missouri wsman has collected IT,
653 spools.
It is claimed that the total population
of China is 39s, 100000 persons.
The King of Holland has q remarka-
bic historical collection of harness.
A citizen of Lancaster, Pa, has raised
a sweet potato 10 inches long and not
thicker than an ordinary chair leg.
The Transvaal Republic, South Africa,
was founded by Dutch Beers farmers),
in 1S4S, its independence was declared
Jan. II, 1852, and its constitution was
proclaimed Feb. IS, 1858.
ALewiston (Me.) blacksmith spends
much of his time in making iron and
steel finger rings, which he says are q
sure cure for rheumatism. He gets fifty
cents apiece for them and warrants them
to cure.
W. T. Bryson, of Auraria, Ga, saw
flock of fifteen ducks huddlcd close
together on stream. He killed eleven
of them with one shot from his gun,
shooting them all through the head. He
has witnesses to prove it.
The common thistle, which now COW
ers large areas in southern Chilli, is said
to have been introduced there by an
Englishman, who imported bushel OF
seed, and sowed it under the delusion
that the plant would prove valuable for
fodder.
Golden trout are only found in the
brooks of Mount Whitney, up near the
banks of perpetual snow: They have a
golden stripe down each side, and are the
most beautiful fish that swim. 1t is said
that those who saw the first specimens of
these trout that were brought down from
the head of Whitney creek, thought they
were made up for the show, and that
stripes of gold leaf were glued to their
sides.
Hashish is superseding morphine and
vaporized ether, it is said, in the affec-
ton. of the Partisan dilettanti drunk
ards. They have founded a hashish
club on the Rue st. Michael, where
they meet every Friday. The amount
of the drug which each shall take is pre-
scribed by. doctor, and the dose is pre-
pared BY chemist, both members OF the
club. 1t is taken in pills, and not
chewed, drunk or smoked, as are the
Oriental fashions. Each of the members
is bound to describe to the other, either
in writing or verbally, his sensations as
the drug gains its influence over him.
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Living Fish Swimming in Oil.

A letter from the town of Albert Lea,
Mimi, to the New York Sun says that
while two men in the employ of MIR.
Hazard were digging at the base OF a
small hill they noticed sudden increase
in the oily deposit of small stream.
They dug into what seemed to be nat
ural pasin in cleft formed by two large
rocks. The excavation made was rapid
ly filled with thin, yellowish oil and
after the hole had been cleared Of debris
it filled quite rapidly with oil, which
spouted in thin jets from the sides OF the
BASIN,
A blast was necessary for further de-
yelopments. This made an opening two
feet wide in the side of the basin, show
ing large cavernous hole, from which
proceeded strong smell of oil. 1t was
some time before the men dared to enter,
being afraid Of an explosion, but q safety
lamp was procured from an old coal
miner, who also volunteered to explore.
He was gone but few moments when
he returned and called for pail. This
was furnished, and he re-entered the
cavern. When he came out he had the
pail full of the thin, yellowish oil. which,
free from dirt, was clear and translucid.
But a greater surprise was at hand.
There appeared to be something living in
the oil. Closer examination showed that
there were at least fifty small fish swim
ming about in the oil, as lively and un.
concerned, apparently, as a speckIIed'
trout in his native stream. The tish
averaged from an inch to two inches
long. They were of a bright yellow
color and without scales. They resem-
bled the fish of the river in Mammoth
Cave in that they had no eyes. In all
other respects save those mentioned they
were like the common minnow.
Several pounds of this wonderful vari-
ETY. of the fnny tribe were taken out. An
old Frenchman, who was once engaged
in the sardine fisheries off the coast OF
France, prepared some of the fish for the
table, and declared them to be equal to
the best sardines. Several scientific gen
tlcmcn are now analyzing and expert
menting with the oil, with view OF as
ccrtaining its value.
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safe to the floor, lying there squirmin

safe to the floor, lying there squirmin
and writhing in convulsions.
I dared not move for nearly an hour,
until all seemed quiet; then opening the
door, I dashed across the room into thu
outer Office, banged to the door, locked
it, and, hatless, rushed to the nearest
police station. At first my story was
discredited, and I was almost locked up
as being urunk, but eventually four
officers armed with revolvers came with
me.
We found the reptile nearly dead, but
still tremulous when touched, the cuts
with the keen knife, owing to the e1-
treme tension of the coils, having nearly
severed the body in half. 1t measured
just 33 feet 5 inches from head to tall
NeU York Sun.