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The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-27
Trustees Sale.

whereas Mary M:Rhosds and A J Rhoacs her
husband, by thair deed Of trust Gated MAY eth
lst2. and recorded in the recordsr's ofic
sss sishin and ID for Bates county. Missouri, in
book NO. lle At page 81, conyeyed to the under
signed trustee THE following described real
estate lying and being situate in the county of
Bates and state OF Missouri to-wft:
All OF LOT eight ts) In block number thirty
f3o] in the city Of Rich Hill, Mo. which con
vsyance was male in trust 10 secure the paw
ment OF five certain notes fully described In
said deed OF trust and whereas defau!. hs.
been made In the payment Of said notes ami
accrued interest thereon. now past due and
unpaid, Vow therefore, a. the reqaes: OF the
legal holder OF said notes and porsu.n,
TO the conditions Of said deed OF trust, / viii
proceed 10 sell the above described premises
~ Public vendue 70 the highest bidder for
cash. st the east front door OF the court hsu..
In the city OF Butler. county Of Bates and s.s,e
Of Missouri. on
Monday, July 29th, 1895,
between the hours OF nine o'clock In the for.
nosn and i've o'clock In the Afternoon of thst
day. for the purposes Of satisfyiBg said debt.
ih'siss. snh Costs FkASk ALLEN
SA Trustee
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-27
Small Boy Hangs Himself.

Quincy, Illinois, June 2O.--Ralph
Turner, bright 13 year-old boy,
committed suicide here yesterday by
hanging himself in the attic of his
parents home. The boy had been
playing in the wet grass, and his
mother called him into the house to
give him a scolding. The boy went
sulking into the attic, and twenty
minutes later was found dead. He
had used a large United States flag
for rope, having twisted it, and a
chair was found tipped over under
his body. Mrs. Turner does not
believe that her son meant to sui,
eide. 1t is her opinion that he tried
to scare her. but went too far.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-27
Killed the Man Who Insnlted Hel

Killed the Man WHO Insulted Her.
Birmingham, Ala, June 90
Bruce Flanagan, son of the proprie-
tress of the leading hotel at Green
wood Springs, was shot and instantly
killed last night by Mrs. Frank
Dean, who lives near the hotel.
Last evening Flanagan went to the
Dean residence while Mr.. Dean was
absent, and, it is alleged, addressed
Mrs. Dean in an insulting manner.
He was armed The woman dis
armed the young man, and with the
same weapon shot him in the head,
killing him instantly To make
sure of her work she secured her
husbands shot gun and discharged
both barrels into the dead mans
breast. She was not arrested.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-27

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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
The Vengeance of Nature.

The Boston Transcript says that of
the one hundred and forty-six inhab-
itants of the little town of Chilmarlz,
on the island of Martha's Vineyard,
thirty-six, or almost exactly one
quarter, are congenitally deaf and
dumb. The town records show that
two of the original settlers of the
place, away back in the seventeenth
century, were deaf and dumb, and the
infrmity has thus been transmitted to
our own day. This hereditary innu-
ence shows no plan of uniformity in
its workings. deaf and dumb parents
having children in full possession of all
their senses. and vice versa. This pc
culiar community, shut in from the
outside world, is. however, alive to all
the social and political influences of
the time, and does not differ in great
degree from the thousand and one Sc
cluded villages which dot our New
England hills and shore line. 1t affords,
however, ample opportunity for the
minute investigation of both the so
biologist and the student of evolution
and physiological heredity.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
OLD TIMES, OLD FRIENDS, OLD LOVE.

There are no more days like the good old days.
The days when we were youthful!
When human kid were pure OF MIND
And speech anG deeds were truthful:
Before love for sordid gold
Became mans ruling passion.
And before each dame and maid became
Slave to the tyrant fashion.
There are no girls like the good old girls;
Against the world I'd stake EN-!
As buxom and smart and clean of heart
AS the Lord knew how to make EN-!
They we're rich In spirit and common sense
And piety all supporttn,
Thav could bake and brew, and taught SCHOOL,
too,
And they made the likeliest courtin'l
There are no boys like the goods old boys
When we were boys together!
When the grass was sweet to the brown bare
feet
That dimpled the laughing heather:
When the pewee sung to the summer dawn
Ofthe bee in the billowy clover;
Or down by the mil! the whippoorW1il
Echoed his night gong over.
There is no love like the good old love,
The love shat mother gave us!
We are old men now, yet we pine again
For that precious grace-God gave US!
so we dream and dream of the good old times
And our hearts grow tender. tonder,
As those dear old dreams bright soothing
CLEANS
OF heaven away off yonder.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
Making surar from Gas.

According to German "Review Of
Science for the Year 1894" there is a
process now under trial in that coun-
try and also in France for making
sugar alphabetically" by means of COM
mon Illuminating gas. The gas first
enters a box provided with porous
partition upon which platinum has
been deposited by some secret process
known only to the inventor. The plati-
mum particles act upon the atoms of
gas and those of the vapor Of water
which is introduced at the proper time
In close contact in this manner con-
densation and precipitation occur, the
residue being commercial sugar of
great purity and of highest grade. The
cost is said to be much less than that
of producing beet sugar, and the own
ers of the gas sugarmaking secret claim
that they will eventually drive all
other sugar producers out Of the bust
ness.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
THE SUMMIT OF Pixies PEAK.
Wild and Lonesome Life of the Sigma
Service Men There.

Wild and Lonesome Life of the Signal
Service Men There.
The railway trains run daily to the
top of Pixies Peak four months in the
year-from June to the last OF Sep
TENDER; sometimes a few days longer if
there is patronage enough to pay ex-
penses. During the rest of the year,
eight long months, the signal~service
men stay there alone-two of them
and see nothing of the rest of mankind
until the snow melts in the spring, al
though they are in constant commune
cation by telegraph. Sometimes, says
a correspondent of the Chicago Record,
they come down on snowshoes to re-
pair the wires if the storms tear them
apart, and in an emergency they have
been as far as Manitou or Colorado
Springs.
The railway grade has made these
journeys much easier. than they used to
be when there was only the mule trail
to follow, but it's a long seven miles
and very steep climb to return to their
eerie. The snow begins to fall early
in October. Last year the ground was
covered six feet deep by October IL,
and the stone huts on the mountain
top are buried under the drifts until
the sun begins to melt them the last of
April or the first of May. The men
have books and cards and backgammon,
and when they need exercise they can
shovel the snow from the doorway.
But it is long and dismal imprison-
nent, and a countryman who went up
on the cars with us expressed the uni
versal opinion when, after hearing the
story, he exclaimed: 'Gosh! I'd rather
spend the winter in a good warm jail. -
There is a report that the station is
to be abandoned this fall, as it's utility
to the weather bureau is doubtful, and
the observers will not be sorry if it
turns out to be true.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
TIE OLD RACE.

Hurrah for the brave old I:ish race
That fire or sword could not efface;
That lives and thrives and grows apace
However ITS foes assail it.
That point by point, and day by day,
Wins back its rights, and works its way.
And bursts its bonds-Hurra! Hurra!
With hundred cheers wei / all it!
What did the sc foes to the old race GO?
They wrecked their country through and
through
They robbed and stripped, they hacked and
slew.
They hanged and burned and drowned
them;
But vainly spert were storm and shock
On that deathless seed that living rock!
The isle is fill I'd with the brave old stock,
And they've worth and wealth around
them!
when fire and sword had done their parts
Then tried these foes their baser arts
nv dark degrees to change their hearts
That never would yield or talter;
But now, as in the days of old,
The Irish heart is q native gold,
Cast in the glorious, heaven-made mould
No power on earth can alter.
And if the good work is yet undone.
II rights remain yet to be won,
AS sure as the rising OF tie SUD.
twill be the same proud story,
Till ends the strife In liberty,
Till stands the race redeemed and free,
And ell the isle from sea to sea
Ia one bright field of glory!
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
NEW JERSEYS ARK.
It Rested Upon Mount Ararat
for Many Years.
The Queer Looking Structure Erected by
the Owner Of the Eminence-Once
Favorite Resort of
the Children.

Mount Ararat is the first of series
Of hills which end in the ridge upon
which Summit is located. With many
twists and turns the tracks OF the Nor
ris & Essex division of the Delaware.
Lackawanna & Western railroad climb
up from the Orange valley to the top of
this ridge at Summit. Quite near to
the track-about half mile-is Mount
Ararat, upon which stood for many
years the queer-looking structure called
the Ark
This ark, says an eastern exchange,
would have been a mere cockleshcll
upon the broad expanse of:waters, and
if it's builder built it for a second deluge
outlay on a useless object. It was
twenty-five years ago that Is. F. Nissan
owned Mount Ararat and many broad
acres surrounding it. His Gne resi-
dence stood on the east side of the
Springfield turnpike, in Milburn town
ship, about mile and half from the
villages of Mi]burn and Springfield.
Not far from his house was the base
of Mount Ararat. This spot was the
highest point on his domain, from which
fine view could be obtained of the
surrounding country. 1t was in the
year 1s69-according to the people still
living in Milburn-that Mr.. Nissan
constructed the queer wooden building
which looked like an ark and was
perched upon the crest of this emf
nence. The craft was about fifteen
feet long bysfve feet wide, pointed at
both ends, and surmounted by a canopy
supported by. fancy posts, much on the
Swiss style. The boat stood about two
feet from the ground and was reached
by short fight of wooden steps.
Its interior arrangements were very
meager, consisting only of comfortable
seats at the ends and on both sides. AS
the sides were not inclosed it was ex-
posed to the elements, and though kept
in repair during the ownership of the
builder it became a prey to the infu-
ence of time and the storms, which
found it good mark in it's unprotected
position on the hilltop.
At one time it was favorite resort
for the school children during the week
days, and on Sundays was the Mecca to
which boys and girls turned their steps
when out for a walk. If any boy had
a new jaclzknife whose qualities were
to be tried, the lark" was the best OBJ
ject to attack. AS result it was COW
cred with all sorts of poetic efusions,
both original and otherwise. Initials and
names were carved, cut, Or scratched
in every nook and corner. These pen
knife attacks helped along the destruc-
ton, and each year witnessed the de-
cay and demolition of the building:
The framework, which alone re-
NAMED, was destroyed about two years
ago by fire which started in the long
grass surrounding it. Mr.. Nissan, the
builder, long ago sold the property
upon which the lark" stood, and after
passing through various hands it is now
owned by James K. Pitcher Of Short
Hills. 1t is safe to say that no object
in that portion Of New Jersey was more
conspicuous than the old lark and
nothing was more missed from the land
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
LONDON'S BURGLARS.
What They Did Last Year and the Penal
ties They Paid.

What They Did Last Year and the Penal
ties They Paid.
According to the annual report of the
commissioner of police the statistics
for the past year record 500 cases of
burglary in the metropolis, as COM
pared with 637 in 1892. Notwithstand-
ing this marked decrease in the number
of these offenses, the convictions OBJ
tanned were 147, as against 145 in the
previous year. In three cases, says the
Westminster Budget, the crime was ac-
companied by acts of violence. against
the person. In eight cases only did the
value of the property stolen exceed
e1O0. The net total loss of property by
burglaries, estimated by the owners,
was &3,216, as compared with "a, 915 in
1892.
The cases of housebreaking num-
bered 1,343, being % more than in 1892.
In none of these was any act of violence
against the person reported. The net
total loss was 413,398, as compared with
a10,o79 in the preceding year. In 10 of
these cases the criminals found no
property which they thought worth
carrying away. In LIS cases the prop
erty stolen was valued by the owners
at less than 81, and in Al cases only did
the loss exceed $50.
The vast majority Of these crimes are
committed to the prejudice of the poor
er classes of the metropolis, at whose
expense gangs of professional thieves
habitually maintain themselves in idle
ness by life Of crime. Convictions
were obtained in 100 cases, but in II
cases only were sentences Of penal
servitude awarded, and these, with
four exceptions, were for terms of from
three to five years; the exceptions were
one sentence of ten years, one Of eight
years and two Of six years.
The 147 convictions for burglary were
followed by sentences of penal servi-
tude in only 81 cases, and of these
there were but six instances in which
the term awarded exceeded five years.
The maximum sentence of ten years
was imposed in three instances.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
A WILD BIRDS SINGING LESSON.
Overheard by a Contemplati,e Angler as
the Dusk Came On.

Overheard by a Contemplatire Angler as
the Dusk Came On.
was present at pretty perform
ance during my last summers outing
in Vermont, said the contemplatise
angler to the New York Sun. had
pulled out upon Groton pond one even
ing at shutdown to try for some fish.
My skiff drifted against the shore and
absorbed in the twilight beauties of the
water sheet and it's wooded borders, |
let the oars lie idle and ceased to cast
my. line. At fall of darkness there
came from 81 tree above my head the
clear call of a whip-poor-will, concealed
by the foliage and darkness. This call
was followed by another from the same
quarter.-a weaker note which stopped
half finished. Again there arose the
full clear call that had first sounded,
and again there came the unfinished
whip-poo of a bird evidently attempting
to sing in imitation
It was whip-poor-wil teaching her
young their song. Carefully locating
the sound, at last could discern
through the dusk, in dim outline, the
mother whip-poor-will perched upon a
high limb with Young bird upon each
side of her. Again and again the les
son was rehearsed, the hedglings gain
ing in confidence and proficiency at
each new trial. sat listening half
hour to this charming rehearsal, but at
last the younsters seemed to grow
weary, their notes became reluctant
and querulous, and after some low
chirping conversation in whip-poor-will
language, a little rustic and futter an
nounced that the lesson was concluded.
and the young ones were sent to bed.
All was silent for a few minutes.
Then the mother bird few across an
inlet Of the pond in pursuit no doubt of
insects for her after-concert supper.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
DIPLOMATIC ETIQUETTE.
The Question of Rank as Settled In tn
Early Days of the Republic.

The Question of Rank as Settled I'm the
Early Days of the Republic.
Thirty nations are represented at
Washington by four ambassadors and
twenty-six ministers, each of whom has
anywhere from one to sixteen secretaries
and attaches to carry on the necessary
business. So far as work is concerned,
the duties of the foreign representative
are not onerous, and are largely social,
says the New York Tribune. He sends
dispatches to his own government and
occasionally addresses communications
to the secretary of state. Whether
these communications be on matters of
international interest or are simply a
request to be allowed to land few
cases of wine. household effects. or a
trunk full of fnery for his wife, they
are known as notes. He is not per-
mitted to transact any business with
any officer Of the government except
through the secretary Of state OF other
high officers of that department., and it
would be great breach of etiquette
for him to address the president per-
sonally upon any official matter. The
followed.
The foreign representative makes the
first call upon the members of the cabi-
net, but is called upon by the senators.
The only members of congress officially
recognized are the members of the house
committee on foreign affairs, in whose
good g'races he naturally likes to keep.
A private citizen calling without an in
PRODUCTION at any Of the legations
promptly receives card in return, and
the latest addition to the corps makes
the first call upon the resident mem
bers. None of the wives of the diplo-
mats holds public receptions, except
Nine. Romero, who began the custom
some dozen years ago, when Washing
ton was not SO large as it Is to-day, and
has never discontinued it, but even her
house is open but four times a season
to the general public.
Until two years ago, when Great Brit
ain raised her representative to the
rank of ambassador, and France, Italy
and Germany quickly followed, the
dean of the corps was always the min
lister who had seen the longest term OF
service here. and the dean now is the
English ambassador, Sir Julian Paunce-
fote. As dean he takes the lead at all
official functions; foreign ministers cali
upon him first, and in matters in which
the whole corps is interested he is con-
suited first. When the ambassador FIRST
appeared in Washington society there
was good deal of surmising about the
matter of precedence at dinners, and
for some time it was a much-discussed
question, but it has settled itself with
out much difficulty, and nothing is ever
heard about it now. In the early days
of the republic the question of etiquette
became of sufficient Importance for the
secretary of state, Mr.. Adams, to ad~
dress a letter upon the subject to the
president, but it was never settled.
Years of precedent have, however,
given a certain 6xity to the etiquette,
here, which is much more rigid than is
generally supposed by those who have
not lived in Washington long enough to
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
NEWS FROM OVER THE SEA
ANTRIM.

On the afternoon of January 18th, one
of the severest snowstorms which has
been experienced for some years visited
Belfast, accompanied by strong squally
wind, which blew the flakes in binding
showers in all directions. In short
time the city presented deserted ap-
pearance. Vehicular traffic was carried
On urder great difficulties, and 'ramway
service was suspended at five o'clock.
CAVAN.
On the evening OF January 10th, at
about 6 O'Clock, laborer named Bernard
Kelly, belonging to place called Drum
loo, mile from Cavar, hanged himeelf
from one of the couples" in the roof Of
his own kitchen. An inquest was held,
and a verdict of suicide while temporari-
" insane was returned.
CORK.
We regreA to have to chronicle the
death of Mr.. Richard Walsh, timber
merchant, of St. Luke's, Cork, which
took place at the residence of his cousin,
Mr.. Dan Mccarthy, Kilbrogar, Bardo'',
where he had been staying on short
visit. Though of not very robust health
for the past few years, he was, up to a
few days before his death, able to trans
act his ordinary business; but having
contracted severe cold, which rapidly
developed into an attack OF pneumonia
all that medical skill could bring to bear
on the case was of no avail, and he pass
cd away on January Cd, fortified by the
rites of Holy Church. The deceased
gentleman WAS we'll known and respected
throughout the South of Ireland. and
was beloved and revered by all with
whom he came in contact.
DERRY.
The death has just been announced OF
Catherine Henry, at Gortree, at the re-
markable old age of lip years. The de-
ceased was we'll known. in the Waterside
district of Derry, by the name of Katsie
Barbour. She lived at Gortree with Mr..
Caldwell Hunter, for many years, and
for long time she had been in doting
condition. She was predeceased by her
husband many years ago, and she leaves
a daughter who is nearly 100 years old.
DUBLIN.
In our Irish obituary column this
week, the death is announced OF Mr..
Patrick Slattery, of the Journey men
Hairdressere' Society. who died at his
mothers residence, Sc Bridge street,
Dublin, on January 14th. Mr.. Slattery
was an active member OF his society, and
! took deep interest in it's affairs. He was
delegate for his trade at the Trades
Council, and also represented his society
at the. Iast meeting Of the Irish Trades
lonar Hls ~ th q sincerely deplored
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
DuELs BECOMING COMMON.
All Classes in Continental Europe Taking
TO the Field of Honor.

Al Classes in Continental Europe Taking
to the Field Of Honor.
1t is a curious feature Of the age. says
the London Telegraph, that the prac-
tice of dueling, which has completely
died out in this country, should not
only be still, in vogue on the continent
but spreading with alarming rapidity
from the army and nobility to all
classes of the population peaceful
citizen who minds his own business in
Austria is now liable at any hour OF the
day or the night to receive formal
challenge from his bootmaker or his
baker, who a day or two later may as
sume-fQr this occasion only-the char
true, the affair of ''honor" is seldom
quite SO dangerous as the weekly trials
of skill among German university stu
dents, known as ''mensur," which often
lead to the loss Of bit of an ear or
nose, always end in blood and once in
awhile eliminate in death.
In Italy, Austria, Hungary and other
lands an encounter of this kind is
much more formidable matter Thou
sands Of well-meaning men and prom
Using youths are yearly disabled, Grip
pied or killed on the altar of "l<nightly
honor" Every man in those countries
carries his life in his hands, so to say,
and journalism, politics. the bar. the
army and navy-in word, every walk
In life except the church-are closed to
him who conscientiously refuses to
give or accept a challenge to mortal
combat Oh the slightest provocation,
real or imaginary Our foreign CORES
pondents have more than once described
sanguinary duels in the army. the prin-
cipals of which-mere lads still in the
military school-were bosom friends
ignorant Of what they were lighting
for. In one case two youths were play
ing in the school yard when an officer
drew near and asserted that one had
touched the other on the cheek and
thus insulted him.
The boys, who were in better posi-
ton to know than a spectator looking
down from a two-pair back window.
denied the statement emphatically, but
the officer gave one of them his choice
between calling out his friend and be-
ing expelled from the establishments.
The meeting" took place few days
later and when it was over one of the
two friends and comrades had to be
carried off to the hospital dangerously
and disabled for life.